It's not all that far fetched in one form or another. If we started to see a significant amount of malware for OSX I bet Apple would strongly consider it. I loo

It's not all that far fetched in one form or another. If we started to see a significant amount of malware for OSX I bet Apple would strongly consider it. I look at the issue with Mcaffee last week, and the Microsoft BSOD inducing update on infected machines earlier this year, as an untenable situation. Computers can't just stop working randomly or become exploited this easily. I would hope we could find a better solution but if open platforms continue to be plagued by these problems it's almost inevitable we'll see a shift towards locked down platforms in the future. We've already seen Microsoft move in this direction carefully with WHQL certified drivers. Who knows? In 5-10 years Linux might be the only open platform left. It's only going to take one major catastrophe to put the pressure on Microsoft, Apple, etc to lock down. Add in some government saber rattling and fear over "cyber warfare" and it's a done deal.