Apple is Headed for Some Real Security Trials.
While this shouldn’t shock anyone, maybe everyone will begin to believe that Apple is headed for harder times. While I think Apple will weather it, they will not come out unscathed, and it will give others a chance to catch up. Kaspersky has been an Apple partner for quite some time, and is in the best position to know if this is true or not.
Microsoft will Gain All Around, Especially Mobile.
The big other to gain is Microsoft, who has more security experience than everyone else combined. It is impossible to run 90%+ of the computers worldwide, run a mostly open architecture, and not have to deal with the wrath of programmer hooligans who hate your guts.
See an excellent article on the subject from Emil Protalinski on ZDNet: http://zd.net/JG37YG
I have written about this issue and what is coming for mobile platforms in the coming years. Microsoft’s experience with security and malware is going to be a solid foundation to build upon for mobile. Combine this with Android’s relatively unarmed status, and Apple’s cluelessness (it is a word, now), you have Microsoft with a real opportunity to gain.
