A virus or two

[Thierry de Coulon]

On Wednesday 24 November 2010 07:12:50 pm Liviu Andronic wrote:
> A nice overview of Linux vs Mac vs Windows, including some comments on
> viruses. http://www.economist.com/blogs/babbage/2010/11/operating_systems

I'm not sure how to take this "overview". A quick search about Apple's market 
share shows figures from 6.4 % to 10.5% on the US market, including a growth 
in the last months.

I'd also be interested to get more information about how the writer got "more 
Kernel Panics" (...) while tinkering with Linux machines", I think it depends 
quite a lot on what sort of "tinkering" is done.

I can't comment on that comparison personaly, as I hardly start Windows at 
all, but I've only seen kernel panics when tinkering quite deeply into my 
systems. I've encountered Blue Screens of Death while working normaly on 
Windows machines.

Also, what exactly means "in the wild"? I don't doubt there are Linux malware, 
I've just never seen any on my computers in the last ten years. My wife's XP 
gets some every week. Whatever the theories are, these are facts (my wife 
doesn't play with her computer nor download dubious software, but she does 
use chinese softwares and I really don't know what they are doing...)

Thierry