Leopard Doesn’t Seem to Be a Secure Operating System

Apple Inc. has launched Leopard and everyone has been happy. But it seems that this move is somehow similar to the iPhone experience. After just a few days or weeks since the product has been released, the troubles have started to appear. In Leopard’s case it seems that Apple Inc. has hurried to release the new version of its Mac OS X, and this way hasn’t been able to offer a secure operating system as they would have wanted.

Although the security features that the famous American company has added to Leopard look greet on paper, in practice most of them are half-baked or just useless, according to the security researchers. Furthermore, this security issue comes to add to another recently discovered problem involved Leopard. It seems that the new Mac operating system is slowly “killing” the users’ wireless connections. Whether there is a connection between these two recently discovered problems one could not know till now.

Rich Mogull, one of Gartner Inc.’s annalists, has said that he thinks “that this is the most significant update in the OS X line when it comes to security.". But he has as well added that “Apple didn't finish the job. There's a lot of room for improvement here." It appears that Apple Inc. has really been in a hurry. This hypothesis seems correct if one remembers that some time ago the annalists and users have been asking themselves whether Apple will launch Leopard in October, as promised. Apple Inc. had already delayed once Leopard’s release because of its iPhone project.

And now it all makes sense, after all. Apple has launched Leopard in October, as promised, but the OS is not finished and the users are exposed to security threats. This problem comes despite that fact that Apple Inc. touts more than a dozen of new security features and tool in its new operating system.




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Leopard Insecurity
By TheMacSucks, (2007-11-05 19:36)
As a former member of the Macintosh Faithful, I find the commentary on this article interesting. No one is refuting what's being said, they're only picking on the writing style. Is it any wonder people think Mac fans are snobby, elitist, arrogant jerks in general? The thing is, this article makes a valid point. If you read enough of the coverage of OS X, it's pretty clear Apple rushed it to market to meet the arbitrary "end of October" deadline. Whether it's the dropping wireless connections, interface inconsistencies, Time Machine not having a data-aging mechanism, or the half-baked security, it seems pretty clear Leopard really wasn't ready for prime time. Instead of Mac fans being upset with Apple for putting them in the role of full-price beta testers, they defend and villify Apple. Perhaps the reason Apple's selling so many Macs now is that you can finally run a real OS like Windows or Linux on the box... The Mac Sucks!
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By sglbroker, (2007-11-04 05:48)
why does it seem to me that the individual writing this article can not speak english, or perhaps write english properly would be more correct. It certainly becomes one of those things that make you wonder if it is not just someone from the microsoft help desk trying to put down apple.
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By e, (2007-11-02 20:43)
This hypothesis seems correct if one remembers that some time ago the annalists and users have been asking themselves whether Apple will launch Leopard in October, as promised. Apple Inc. had already delayed once Leopard’s release because of its iPhone project.

annalist - you mean historians or analysts?
have - present tense in the past: users HAD been
will - present tense in the past talking about the future: Apple would launch
No comma after October
delayed Leopard's release once

Nice job. You'll get the hang of English if you just keep studying.
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By sglbroker, (2007-11-04 05:48)
why does it seem to me that the individual writing this article can not speak english, or perhaps write english properly would be more correct. It certainly becomes one of those things that make you wonder if it is not just someone from the microsoft help desk trying to put down apple.

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