Is Windows inherently more vulnerable to malware attacks than OS X?

[BigGuynRusty]

Great Tech read, put on your "Thinking Cap", take notes, great anti-Windows ammo!:

http://weblog.infoworld.com/enterprisema..._inhe.html

BGnR

[cbelt3]

Yep. Tom has always been an Apple fan (note the "Property of Apple Computer" tat on the back of his neck ?), but his writings have made it obvious that he's a pro too.

What he is is incredibly annoyed that Apple continues to screw up when it comes to selling to the Enterprise client. They just don't understand how to , and continue to fail to do just that. Hell- Apple's marketing wonks seem to assume that the XServe will sell itself from the user level, which is incredibly foolish and naive.

[M A V I C]

At first I was about to call him a Mac fanboy... but after reading the lists, it's actually a pretty good article.

[chas_m]

Apple should hire this guy PRONTO.

[samintx]

WOW! powerful and even I can kinda understand what he is talking about.... Great article.

[Silencio]

IIRC, Tom Yager is actually a fairly recent convert to Apple: he tried Xserve/Mac OS X Server at some point and was blown away by the features, security, and overall value of the product.

I kept on thinking that Apple wasn't trying very hard to sell to the enterprise market because they were waiting to get all their technological and product ducks in a row, but the more I read, the more I think the top Apple execs -- including the Leader himself -- view the enterprise market with indifference or downright disdain.

This blog is a pretty interesting look inside Apple from a sales perspective. The guy has an obvious axe to grind, but a lot of his thoughts appear to be very good explanations for why Apple markets -- or doesn't market -- the way it does.

http://viewfromthemountain.typepad.com/applepeels/

[rz]

what, elmo hasn't chimed in yet to spew his anti-Apple, pro-Windows venom? I'm shocked.

[The UnDoug]

So where is the "receipts" folder that the author implores Mac users to backup?

[Silencio]

/Library/Receipts

IIRC, only installers that use Apple's installer package system are capable of writing receipts. VISE installers and drag-and-drop won't do it.

[ztirffritz]

The biggest problem with Windows is that they put backwards compatibility ahead of everything else. I have not doubt that if they put all of their software engineers into a room and said fix Windows...no holds barred...they could do it in short order. But their hands are tied by the backwards compatibility issue.