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"Some of the most destructive viruses/worms on Windows were released long AFTER a patch was already available."

Actually all of the self propogating windows worms have exploited holes that were already patched.

"The only reason why you are "safe" with OS X right now is simply because the bad guys just don't take notice. See, even if you create a patch for a hole, not everybody patches it right away."

Oh there you go with that "logic" stuff again. Just for future reference, logical conclusions/assumptions are not allowed here at ZDNet. You should be ashamed of yourself for letting a valid thought escape onto to these message boards.

In their zealotry, people seem to conveniently forget the 80's when apple had a 15% market share, and plenty of viruses were spreading on the apple platform. If Apple gains back enough marketshare on the desktop, history will repeat itself. It will be worse this time though, because the internet will be involved.

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