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Mac OS X may well be ready for the enterprise. Is Apple?

A few weeks back in OS Roundup I wrote a piece about Apple, which generated a fair level of response, so I thought it would be sensible to take another look at it. As well as pointing out that I share a name (albeit spelled differently) with the TV and film character Pee-wee Herman, many readers wrote in to say that they have implemented OS X servers and clients in their enterprise environments and that they are very satisfied with their performance and reliability. Some added that with so few security issues they were able to get by with far fewer administrators than would have been possible in a Windows environment. Clearly there is nothing wrong with the operating system itself. Just as an aside, it’s worth considering when OS X will begin to attract in significant numbers the malware writers who have been plaguing Windows users for so long. With Mac sales increasing, it seems inevitable sooner rather than later. Talking to The Times, Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant at the security company Sophos, says: “I think the Mac user base will end up becoming polluted by some of the same people who have been infected time and time again in the Windows environment. It’s mainly the same people who buy a computer primarily to download porn and visit file-sharing sites. I think Apple will start to become a victim of its own success. I think hackers will see this community as a soft target.” RELATED ARTICLES Apple: Out of Touch... [ Read more on www.internetnews.com ]

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