Re: "Unhackable" Apple Confirms Malware-Infected Apps Found And Removed From Its Chinese App Store

Date	2015-10-13 12:02 -0600
From	GreyCloud <cumulus@mist.com>
Newsgroups	alt.comp.freeware, comp.sys.mac.system, comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject	Re: "Unhackable" Apple Confirms Malware-Infected Apps Found And Removed From Its Chinese App Store
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On 10/12/15 11:19, Jolly Roger wrote:
> On 2015-10-12, Snit<usenet@gallopinginsanity.com>  wrote:
>> On 10/11/15, 8:15 PM, in article mvf8l0$klq$1@news.albasani.net, "Nobody"
>> <nobody@invalid.com>  wrote:
>>
>>> On 10/7/2015 2:31 PM, Jolly Roger wrote:
>>>> On 2015-10-07, GreyCloud<cumulus@mist.com>  wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> No one is an expert that buys an PC from Apple.
>>>>
>>>> That's a big, fat lie.
>>>>
>>>> Many skilled professionals and experts use Macs.  Go to any technical
>>>> conference and look at the audience and presenters and they'll be using
>>>> Macs. All of the staff at tech companies [...]
>>>
>>> I've spent my whole working life at tech companies, and they all share
>>> one thing in common: no Macs anywhere, not in the staff, not in the
>>> audience, not with the customers, and not with the executives running them.
>>
>> I bet you never name any of these companies. I worked for Intuit and had
>> both a Mac and a PC on my desk.
>>
>> <http://goo.gl/BJGke4>  [Infoworld]
>>      -----
>>      Security, manageability, and lower TCO are why Macs should
>>      comprise 10 to 25 percent of your work PCs
>>      -----
>>
>> <http://goo.gl/F1EkBf>  [ZDNet]
>>      -----
>>      Macs in the enterprise: From Apple's consumer roots to a valued
>>      business machine
>>      New IT features make managing multiple Macs in the enterprise
>>      a breeze. These standout features also underlie the increased
>>      usage of Apple computers in business.
>>      -----
>
> I've worked in several semiconductor manufacturers, technical hardware
> and software makers, and all of them had people using Macs, some more
> than others. Even Microsoft employees use Macs. And every technical
> conference I have been to in the past decade shows plenty of smart
> people using Macs both in the audience and on stage.
>
> This "No one is an expert that buys an PC from Apple" line is pure
> bullshit any way you look at it.
>

Again, you misunderstood my comment.  There is no such thing as an 
"Expert".  These people are experienced in their niche field, but are 
never experts.  Even medical doctors are not experts, otherwise they'd 
be able to cure everybody.  Some medical doctors are better at it than 
others.


-- 
When told the reason for daylight savings time the Old
Indian said, "Only the government would believe that you
could cut a foot off the top of a blanket, sew it to the
bottom, and have a longer blanket."

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    Re: "Unhackable" Apple Confirms Malware-Infected Apps Found And Removed From Its Chinese App Store Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-10-12 17:19 +0000
      Re: "Unhackable" Apple Confirms Malware-Infected Apps Found And Removed From Its Chinese App Store Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-10-12 10:39 -0700
      Re: "Unhackable" Apple Confirms Malware-Infected Apps Found And Removed From Its Chinese App Store GreyCloud <cumulus@mist.com> - 2015-10-13 12:02 -0600
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