http://www.tonybove.com/getoffmicrosoft/blog/?p=63 How to get off, where to get off, and why you should stay off Microsoft, with news and tips on alternatives Tue, 09 Oct 2007 20:12:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.7 http://www.tonybove.com/getoffmicrosoft/blog/?p=63#comment-50792 Tue, 28 Nov 2006 21:37:27 +0000 http://www.tonybove.com/getoffmicrosoft/blog/?p=63#comment-50792 [...] Get Off Microsoft How to get off, where to get off, and why you should stay off Microsoft, with news and tips on alternatives « A Tale of Two Viral Exploits Google Gets the Writely Stuff » [...] […] Get Off Microsoft How to get off, where to get off, and why you should stay off Microsoft, with news and tips on alternatives « A Tale of Two Viral Exploits Google Gets the Writely Stuff » […]

]]> http://www.tonybove.com/getoffmicrosoft/blog/?p=63#comment-2258 Mon, 17 Apr 2006 23:04:02 +0000 http://www.tonybove.com/getoffmicrosoft/blog/?p=63#comment-2258 [...] No, because Mac OS X has a more secure architecture (see “A Tale of Two Viral Exploits“). For one thing, installer programs for Mac OS X require authentication to run, while installers for Windows XP don’t. Authentication stops the installation process to get your password. If something starts to install itself on your Mac, you will most likely know because it will ask for your password. Another difference between Mac OS X and Windows XP is that even as the sole user (a.k.a. administrator) of a Mac OS X system, you don’t get access to system-critical files (known as root access in the language of system administrators). Administrators in Windows XP do, thereby allowing applications such as viruses access to those files too. Also, Microsoft often ships software with settings at the least secure positions. Mac OS X starts out with filesharing and related services turned off — you have to turn them on to use them. Windows XP starts with these services on, assuming you want to immediately share files with other computers on the network. [...] […] No, because Mac OS X has a more secure architecture (see “A Tale of Two Viral Exploits“). For one thing, installer programs for Mac OS X require authentication to run, while installers for Windows XP don’t. Authentication stops the installation process to get your password. If something starts to install itself on your Mac, you will most likely know because it will ask for your password. Another difference between Mac OS X and Windows XP is that even as the sole user (a.k.a. administrator) of a Mac OS X system, you don’t get access to system-critical files (known as root access in the language of system administrators). Administrators in Windows XP do, thereby allowing applications such as viruses access to those files too. Also, Microsoft often ships software with settings at the least secure positions. Mac OS X starts out with filesharing and related services turned off — you have to turn them on to use them. Windows XP starts with these services on, assuming you want to immediately share files with other computers on the network. […]

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