about dblacharski

Dan Blacharski

Member since: 07/03/08 Last log in: 06/29/09 at 5:19 pm
Posts: 203 Comments: 2

Dan Blacharski has been a professional writer for over 15 years, ever since the corporate world unceremoniously booted him out of his cubicle in 1991. He divides his time between South Bend, Indiana and Bangkok.

What makes me tick
What I'm reading now
The Satanic Verses
Ask me to do anything but
Get a real job
What I've said

Windows vs Mac security

Absolutely. As I've said many times, the illusion that OS X is more secure than Windows is more a result of Apple's marketing department than their development department.

Duly noted, my mistake.

Duly noted, my mistake.

What I've posted
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