pretty much everything Luke and Vader did in toppling the Emperor was pointless, because all the legwork had been done by Han and the Ewoks on the surface and by the Alliance fleet and Lando up in space
Wait, I thought the only reason the DeathStar II blew up was because Luke and Vader threw the Emperor into the reactor core! Did I make that up?
> news websites? questionable.
I disagree, and so does the Department of Justice! Just as it is now settled law that their buildings must be accessible, soon it will be illegal for the websites of medium and large businesses to discriminate against people with disability. It is about time!
I think you are missing a key figure in your math! The ROI(Windows) has to be divided the among all the competition in the crowded malware space, whereas the ROI(Mac) is all on the table, especially for the first mover.
Also, V(Mac) >> V(Windows) since those consumers are spending more on their computers, it logically follows that those users have more disposable income (on average) available to be stolen. Plus the V(Mac) is much higher since it is an untapped market.
Even so, your preferred numbers are only enough to explain why there is more malware for Windows than OS X by several factors, say 10x or even 100x. Your speculation does not explain zero OS X specific viruses.
The only way for your math to explain the observed $0 ROI(Mac) situation is if C(Mac) is hugely disproportionate, say $100M instead of your $10K.
Are you open to the implications of your own reasoning? Or are you only interested in the math if it confirms your world view?
Byte your tongue.