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Microsoft can sell a five-year-old variant of OSX, Apple can sell Windows 2030.
Microsoft can sell 5 year old Apple software, and Apple can sell software that won't be available for 18 more years? The reality distortion field seems to be popping up in the strangest places lately...
This is an issue that all non-OS applications have: how to get and install updates in a timely manner? Firefox checks for updates upon launch; drawback: annoyance for user as this results in an apparent slow launch. Google installs an update service; drawback: many users will disable this service due to the perception that it could slow down the entire system. Adobe Flash Player is a "system plugin" with its own update tool that runs at boot time; drawback: it requires user interaction, thus it is annoying. RealPlayer creates update tasks in the TaskManager; drawback: some users will disable them as they could increase boot/login time and/or are perceived as intrusive/spyware. The only acceptable solution is a system-wide update system, the way it works on Linux but without any user interaction; or updates delivered for all installed applications via Windows Update on Windows (which Microsoft is unlikely to accept).
The difficulty with some of these (granted, never had this issue with flash) is legacy support. Some businesses run specialized software that is occasionally broken by software updates. My personal experience with this has been JRE updates that break an app, until a couple release down the line fixes the issue, but others have seen this with Firefox as well. When this happens, users begin to equate "updates" with "broken apps" and then puts them off, it not avoiding them forever. While this isn't an excuse, it does expose some of the causes of outdated software...
Glad to see that Apple is taking all the necessary steps to return to "no viruses on Apple".
FTFY
The only reason you think it's funny is because you are stupid and thus easily amused, even by old jokes.
Hostility is not the way of Jobsian monks, quickly now, return to the path. Buy an app and repent.
Seriously though, your willingness to call someone stupid because their taste in humor differs from yours shows how intolerant and close-minded you are. Your opinion is invalid.
I would would recommend looking carefully, based on the smell, and the orifice it exudes from, I don't think that is dew that's dripping.
I was of course speaking from the perspective of the aforementioned monks. =D
I know you hear "You're holding it wrong" from your boyfriend all the time, but the joke, and any sort of brand bashing is tired.
It's only tired if you belong to the order of the Jobsian monks. Patiently waiting, cash and credit, upon the drops of technological dew that drops from Apple. To the rest of us, including non-devotees who have an apple product, it's still pretty funny. =D
Microsoft is a bigger, more evil giant than even Oracle.
I'm not entirely sure you've ever dealt with Oracle...
Oracle vs Google is like "do no good" vs "do no evil".
Frankly, I am surprised that musical instrument manufacturers haven't attached EULAs and charges for every time you play a song with one of their instruments. If the RIAA likes playing their game with copyrights and screwing people, then Fender can play a game with them.
I'm a little surprised you would address this argument to me!
Who cares? The important part is: Let Macs onto your mostly Windows network and you might get a not so fun surprise...
No, the important part is Sophos is using this information to attempt to sell anti-virus products. But they can't be too direct about it because there's a clear contradiction here. If Sophos products could stop the malware, then the Windows PCs are already safe. The infected files stored in a Macs web cache aren't going to magically leap across the network, but even if they did, the anti virus software on the Windows machine should catch it first. If the AV can't stop the infection, then why buy any additional copies?
Of course Sophos is using this information in an attempt to sell anti-virus products. That is their business. Sophos products DO stop the vast majority of malware, but only inept systems and/or security administrators would leave an attack vector open for later abuse. Sophos (like any other AV vendor) reacts to new threats as they are found in the wild. By closing any security holes you may have (including your OS X clients) you are much more likely to evade infection until your AV vendor updates their signatures.
But don't worry, the black hats love people like you. Save your money, don't buy security software, that way there's more to fleece from your bank account.
Teutonic: Not enough gin.