Hasn't hit bottom yet, I guess

[elfs]

John C. Dvorak (yes, him), writes:

I use a utility called Prevx [link: www.prevx.com], a host-intrusion protection system, as well as one or two other antispyware packages to keep the stuff at bay. And it still sneaks in once in a while. Most recently, I forgot to turn off my CUTEftp client and left it running all night. In the morning some system had loaded some weird software called "active skin," and I had to use SpySubtract to remove 26 Registry entries. Exactly how anything manages to worm in through the open port and place items in the Registry is beyond me, but it happens all the time.

Emphasis mine.

Great Caesar's ghost, John, when are you gonna finally buy a Mac?

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[mouser.livejournal.com]

Great Caesar's ghost, John, when are you gonna finally buy a Mac?

Uhh.....

You are being sarcastic, right?

[elfs.livejournal.com]

Well, no. I mean, I don't understand why someone who has that much need for advanced connectivity who leaves himself so open to outside invasion. It's a bit like being a celebrity and employinging the Keystone Kops to keep the paparrazi at bay.

I can only conclude that Dvorak is a victim of Stockholm Syndrome. He has been rooting for Microsoft so long that, while he feels safe finding fault with their actions he can't tear himself away from them no matter how vulnerable doing so leaves him.

[mouser.livejournal.com]

Ummm...

He used to write for MacUser. Don't remember the reason he stopped, but I -think- it was some high level of fustration at them for general business strategy (or lack there-of) where NO ONE could contribute if it wasn't Apple brand.

I thought you knew when you suggested he get a Mac.

[mouser.livejournal.com]

Research on the reason yeilds no results - it might have been anything from the magazine going out of business to just moving on....