On Tue, 1 Aug 2000 3:50 AM, Benjamin Cramer <mailto:truempyi@YAHOO.COM> wrote: >At Mon, 31 Jul 2000 12:19:31 -0500, Robert B. Waltz, >waltzmn@SKYPOINT.COM, wrote: > >>it has a macro language which is safe to use, because there aren't >>10 million or so virus writers targeting it. > >Theorem: the number of viruses targeting a computer program is directly >proportional to that program's market share. One good reason to hope MS >maintains strong sales ;-> > Hang on a minute, Ben, this the Heard Theory of Viral Relativity! Acknowledgement please! 8-D> I put the same idea forward on the FreeHand list a while back as one of a number of reasons Macs don't get Melissa threatened. Another Mac owner was quite put out -- saying our platform was safer because of the smaller numbers in the world was diminishing the importance of Macs, he said, and anyway, you should have seen the chaos for a day and a half in their studio when the .... bug went through on Mac... cheers, geoff -- Geoffrey Heard -- MarketNOW -- Marketing ideas for today. ----------------------------------------------------- FREE the 100,000 East Timorese held hostage in Indonesia. Campaign for Indonesia to pay reparations. ----------------------------------------------------- Sent by Cyberdog -----------------------------------------------------
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