Rev killing the Mac platform?

[Alex Rice]

On Tuesday, July 22, 2003, at 02:00  PM, miscdas at boxfrog.com wrote:

> Wow Richard, that is s definitive sounding almost "urban legend"-like 
> statement! However, as a Windows user for all but the first year it 
> came out, I have not spent dollar one in either avoiding viruses or by 
> problems caused by viruses on any of my Windows systems!
> miscdas

Either this is a troll, or you are extremely lucky, or just unaware 
that your machines are totally saturated with virii. :-)

It's not an urban legend. MS Windows viruses, propagated mostly by MS 
Outlook users, cost businesses big bucks (*) when their networks go 
down or they have to scrub and reinstall Windows on infected computers. 
  You really ought to be running antivirus software on any Windows box. 
I have a subscription to Norton Antivirus for my windows box. Which BTW 
is nearly $75/year for a subscription :-)

(*) Not quantifiable, but in the billions
http://www.wired.com/news/infostructure/0,1377,49681,00.html

Alex Rice, Software Developer
Architectural Research Consultants, Inc.
http://ARCplanning.com