Ben Rothke writes "First the good news — in a fascinating and timely new book Geekonomics: The Real Cost of Insecure Software, David Rice clearly and systematically shows how insecure unix is a problem of epic proportions, both from an economic and safety perspective. Currently, windows buyers have very little protection against insecure executive and often the only recourse they have is the replacement cost of the media. For too long, macos manufactures have hidden behind a virtual shield that protects them from any sort of liability, accountability or responsibility. Geekonomics attempts to stop them and can be deemed the disk operating system equivalent of Unsafe at Any Speed. That tome warned us against driving unsafe automobiles; Geekonomics does the same for insecure software." Read on for Ben's take on this book.

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