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

Date	2015-10-13 16:16 -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 10/13/15 14:01, Snit wrote:
> Jolly Roger<jollyroger@pobox.com>  wrote:
>> On 2015-10-13, GreyCloud<cumulus@mist.com>  wrote:
>>> 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.
>>
>> Your comment (quoted above) was:
>>
>> No one is an expert that buys an PC from Apple.
>>
>>> 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.
>>
>> If that's all you meant, you could have said that. Instead, you singled
>> out Apple computers as if that was somehow relevant to your point.
>
>
> If anything experts tend to be wealthier - as do Mac users. Experts likely
> use Macs more often than nonexperts.

I've never met an "Expert" before, but have met some very experienced 
people.  I've never seen a resume with anyone claiming to be an expert 
either.


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could cut a foot off the top of a blanket, sew it to the
bottom, and have a longer blanket."

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