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Not very explicitly. When have you heard some journalist write an article about a "Windows Worm"? They're always always always "PC Worms" or "PC Viruses". Mi
by bediger 16y ago
Not very explicitly. When have you heard some journalist write an article about a "Windows Worm"? They're always always always "PC Worms" or "PC Viruses".
Microsoft gets big credit for releasing a patch for many "PC Worms" or "PC vulnerabilities", but the vulnerability in never ever a "Windows" problem.
- Semiapies 16y agoBecause the standard reporter's assumption is that a "PC" is a computer running Windows. Otherwise, it's a Mac.
- smallblacksun 16y agoNot just reporters, everybody except a small group of techies. Just look at the Mac vs. PC ads, which were really Mac vs. Windows.
- arebop 16y agoI have the same impression and I do think that if only Toyotas had frequent and widespread problems with breaking systems, you'd hear stories about "Toyota break failures" rather than "Car break failures." I tested my impression with data: Google news searches: frequency term --- --- 0 pc worm 5 windows worm 12 computer worm 0 computer vulnerability 2 pc vulnerability 7 windows vulnerability 6 pc virus 35 windows virus 161 computer virus