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Okay, so this article is making the rounds on on the Mac oriented Web sites. I read it (okay, just part of it), and then went to the original blog. I would hardly call this a security lecture to anyone. Reading more of the post and the comments makes me wonder if a company like Microsoft really wants one of their employees representing them and then responding to comments the way they are being responded to (you just have to go read it yourself, I won’t go into it here :)). I mean, not in a world where your name and integrity are important to your business. And to Microsoft, they are (and why not? They are a good company).

Apple Gets Security Lecture from Microsoft

The concern that remains is the one that looks at the overall big picture about the usability of Windows machines and the ability of Microsoft to keep them secure. The machines that I use have not had these kinds of problems, nor are these problems as widespread compared to the Windows world. So, people can point out that there’s a security threat here or there. I suppose those can be made to look glamorous if there’s only 2 in 5 years, and the best attempts to publicly compromise a Macintosh result in utter and complete failure. Let’s have that same contest with a Windows machine. It’s a countdown not in days or minutes, but seconds. Bummer!
Bottom line is it that it is in everyone’s interest to have secure computing, regardless of platform. Who pays for it when computers and networks are compromised at your school, business, producer of the food you eat and the technology you buy? That would be us.