According to our Systems Admin, Mark Moynihan, the hounds are barking at Apple's door.

Okay, so I’m going incur the wrath of all those devoted Apple fans out there...Don’t get me wrong, I love my iPod Nano and I’m over my Zune, but if Apple continues heading along its current path of non-interoperability with hardware and software, it is going to attract the attention of those who have been attacking Microsoft for doing the same thing!

For example, the new Apple iPhone; to use it you have to sign a two year contract with AT&T, you can’t change the battery yourself, you can’t sync the phone with Microsoft Exchange, in general if it ain’t Apple it won’t talk to it. Subsequently the iPhone has been hacked so you can use it as an iPod without having to sign up with AT&T. People just don’t put up with this kind of forced usage - it's more like a challenge to buck big greedy business.

As the iPhone garners unwanted attention from unsavoury characters out there, further security flaws are revealed. Recently it was reported in The Australian’s IT section that the iPhone’s browser, Safari had been hacked. This security hole allows the hacker to make calls, send text messages, access emails, use the address book and interact with practically any application running on the phone. The security firm that discovered this flaw also went on to mention that the flaw could be found on their desktop version of the Browser.

What, a security flaw in OS X? Could this be true? Of course, it’s very hard to have something as complex as an operating system completely bug and exploit free.

If Apple continues to develop products in exclusivity (and does not consider interoperability) they will draw unfavoured attention. And mark my words; this will lead to a rise in attacks against the Mac!

P.S. I love my Nano ;)

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Mark Moynihan, Systems Administrator

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