Spencerian's Journal: Mac OS X Maturation and the Next Big Things

More and more folks are using Mac OS X. More importantly, not only is OS X flexible enough to handle almost anything its competitors can do (and with panache) but that there is strong iron (in the form of G5-equipped servers and desktops) to use it with.

My worries come from the mountain of New that grows each time Apple creates something different (or remarkets something mortibund into something interesting). This is what makes a company strong--to create something and reach goals despite the tendency of the market to only maintain its current performance levels.

With maturity and diversity comes new licks, from both competitors and from others as well. The first Trojan, in the form of a payload-less file disguised as an MP3, opens the door to imaginative ne'er-do-wells with time on their hands.

Mac OS X malware may convince some folks that running their systems as an administrator is really a bad idea. I may run as a regular user, which should limit what code could possibly install or execute, limiting any problems to the home folder only.

Or so I hope.