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Re: [in] Re: IE is just as safe as FireFox


From: Shoshannah Forbes <xslf () xslf com>
Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2004 10:51:39 +0200

joe wrote:
Anyway, the base cause is a simple one, Windows is consumer based and *nix
wasn't and really still isn't. Look at the market penetrations. *nix tends
to have people already knowledgeable with its workings or people who WANT to
learn the details using it,

Well, Mac OSX is a fully consumer *nix. Can you say that Mac users tend to be " already knowledgeable with its workings or people who WANT to
learn the details using it"?

I am not so sure about it.

BTW, on Mac OSX, by default the root account is *disabled*. All administrative tasks are done with 'su/sudo'.

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