On Thu, 22 Mar 2007, RedShift wrote:
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> Siju George wrote:
>> http://www.internetnews.com/security/article.php/3667201
>> Just for some entertainment, no troll :-)
>
> IMHO it's not a fair comparison, most linux distributions ship with alot
more
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> software than microsoft windows does, and most bugreports indicate an issue
> with third-party software.

It's even more bullshit than that.

Among other things, it compares the number of 'patches', which for non-MS
systems tend to be 1:1 or close to it whereas MS has be making a point of
rolling as many vulnerabilities into a single patch as possible.

The metrics are not described.  Terms like 'patch', 'vulnerability',
'advisory' are intermingled in a most unclear manner.  Patch 'development
time' seems undefined as well.

Symantic makes its living selling paper bailing cups in a leaky boat.
The media actively participates in obfuscating the issues, the causes and
the solutions by publicizing such crap from Symantic and MS.

-Lars
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