So there’s a big rumble in the techie universe about a cracking attack through a MacBook WiFi driver, but the real story should not be about a vulnerability… all software will have vulnerabilities.  It should be about how quickly the attack gets fixed.

Yes, it’s dramatic.  Yes, it’s important to highlight.  But there’s a misperception that the buzz on the street is that Apple computers are invulnerable, when the key is they are less vulnerable.  If I have to spend 10 times less time maintaining a roof, that’s still an important factor in a purchasing decision.

No software is perfect… but I’ll put my nickel on Apple beating Microsoft in publishing a fix, simply because they have fewer to focus on.

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