[olug] The (anti-virus) party is over... Long live the Mac!

[Kevin]

I realized after I hit Send that I didn't cite my sources and
therefore sounded like I was rumor spreading.

My impression described below comes from comments on a /. article:
http://apple.slashdot.org/apple/08/12/03/195229.shtml

On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 13:13, Kevin <sharpestmarble at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 09:24, Irish <irish.masms at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Note that the KB article is now removed...
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>> We're sorry.
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>> We can't find the article you're looking for.
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>> Please return to the Apple Support homepage.
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> I heard that this was due to the media picking it up and quoting just
> the part about "Macs need multiple anti-virus software packages."
> rather than the in-context "Macs running VMs need multiple anti-virus
> software packages on the VMs."
>
> Knowing the media, I can believe this. They love to quote out of
> context if it will sell more {newspapers,ads,time}
>