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

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From	JEDIDIAH <jedi@nomad.mishnet>
Subject	Re: "Unhackable" Apple Confirms Malware-Infected Apps Found And Removed From Its Chinese App Store
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Date	2015-10-08 14:11 -0500

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On 2015-10-07, Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> wrote:
> GreyCloud wrote:
>
>> On 10/06/15 12:58, Peter Köhlmann wrote:
>>> Snit wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 10/6/15, 11:40 AM, in article mv14fg$nfs$2@dont-email.me, "Peter
>>>> Köhlmann"<peter-koehlmann@t-online.de>  wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>>>> linux has *less* choice because of the sheer lack of quality
>>>>>>>> software
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "Mac users have the choice to run Photoshop and such, and Linux users
>>>>>>> don't, therefore Mac users have more choice than Linux users."
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Really?  Is that the definition of choice?  The huge variety that
>>>>>>> Linux offers (both "ready to run" and the limitless possibilities
>>>>>>> that being open-source offers) count for nothing, in the "choice
>>>>>>> sweepstakes"?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Irrelevant since OS X runs open source software as well.
>>>>>
>>>>> A tiny subset of it
>>>>
>>>> Most of what Linux does
>>>
>>> Most from linux is *not* available.
>> 
>> It isn't?  Now what ever happened to this open source code?
>> Isn't it GPL stuff?  Are you claiming that this software is close-source?
>
> Since when will software modify itself just because it is GPL?
>
> It is problematic to port linux/unix GUI softwware to OSX. You have to run 

...this is one of the reasons that I don't like Wayland (or Mir).

   It will push Linux farther away from other Unixen and make it less
cross compatible. Linux will be like Macs with their own graphics layer
and associated APIs to code against.

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Re: "Unhackable" Apple Confirms Malware-Infected Apps Found And Removed From Its Chinese App Store GreyCloud <cumulus@mist.com> - 2015-10-07 12:33 -0600
  Re: "Unhackable" Apple Confirms Malware-Infected Apps Found And Removed From Its Chinese App Store Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-10-07 11:47 -0700
  Re: "Unhackable" Apple Confirms Malware-Infected Apps Found And Removed From Its Chinese App Store Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2015-10-07 21:44 +0200
    Re: "Unhackable" Apple Confirms Malware-Infected Apps Found And Removed From Its Chinese App Store Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-10-07 12:52 -0700
      Re: "Unhackable" Apple Confirms Malware-Infected Apps Found And Removed From Its Chinese App Store Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2015-10-07 22:02 +0200
        Re: "Unhackable" Apple Confirms Malware-Infected Apps Found And Removed From Its Chinese App Store Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-10-07 15:24 -0700
    Re: "Unhackable" Apple Confirms Malware-Infected Apps Found And Removed From Its Chinese App Store JEDIDIAH <jedi@nomad.mishnet> - 2015-10-08 14:11 -0500
      Re: "Unhackable" Apple Confirms Malware-Infected Apps Found And Removed From Its Chinese App Store Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2015-10-08 22:13 +0200
        Re: "Unhackable" Apple Confirms Malware-Infected Apps Found And Removed From Its Chinese App Store Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-10-08 16:33 -0700
      Re: "Unhackable" Apple Confirms Malware-Infected Apps Found And Removed From Its Chinese App Store Melzzzzz <mel@zzzzz.com> - 2015-10-09 00:58 +0200
        Re: "Unhackable" Apple Confirms Malware-Infected Apps Found And Removed From Its Chinese App Store GreyCloud <cumulus@mist.com> - 2015-10-08 22:29 -0600
      Re: "Unhackable" Apple Confirms Malware-Infected Apps Found And Removed From Its Chinese App Store Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-10-08 16:06 -0700
      Re: "Unhackable" Apple Confirms Malware-Infected Apps Found And Removed From Its Chinese App Store GreyCloud <cumulus@mist.com> - 2015-10-08 22:28 -0600
        Re: "Unhackable" Apple Confirms Malware-Infected Apps Found And Removed From Its Chinese App Store Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-10-08 22:54 -0700
          Re: "Unhackable" Apple Confirms Malware-Infected Apps Found And Removed From Its Chinese App Store GreyCloud <cumulus@mist.com> - 2015-10-09 13:37 -0600
            Re: "Unhackable" Apple Confirms Malware-Infected Apps Found And Removed From Its Chinese App Store Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-10-09 13:48 -0700
              Re: "Unhackable" Apple Confirms Malware-Infected Apps Found And Removed From Its Chinese App Store GreyCloud <cumulus@mist.com> - 2015-10-09 20:09 -0600
                Re: "Unhackable" Apple Confirms Malware-Infected Apps Found And Removed From Its Chinese App Store Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-10-09 19:14 -0700
        Re: "Unhackable" Apple Confirms Malware-Infected Apps Found And Removed From Its Chinese App Store "A.M" <.m@nsn.s> - 2015-10-09 10:52 -0400
    Re: "Unhackable" Apple Confirms Malware-Infected Apps Found And Removed From Its Chinese App Store GreyCloud <cumulus@mist.com> - 2015-10-08 22:26 -0600
      Re: "Unhackable" Apple Confirms Malware-Infected Apps Found And Removed From Its Chinese App Store Snit <usenet@gallopinginsanity.com> - 2015-10-08 22:54 -0700
        Re: "Unhackable" Apple Confirms Malware-Infected Apps Found And Removed From Its Chinese App Store GreyCloud <cumulus@mist.com> - 2015-10-09 13:39 -0600

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