"The Mac OS X, which is very close to
BSD UNIX, is a fine server to run LISTSERV on," added DiCamillo, a Macintosh developer with two decades of experience who has managed LISTSERV for the university through its transition from BITNET to IBM VM to UNIX (Solaris).
The fact that UNIX, in particular
BSD UNIX, has many security flaws has been generally well known, as indeed are the potential dangers of viruses and worms in general.
In addition, the AMD64 architecture is designed to enhance the security of your computing environment by integrating Enhanced Virus Protection(a) technology enabled by advanced anti-virus features, including those found in the current versions Microsoft Windows, Linux, Solaris and
BSD Unix.