>How could Apple with supposed better research into it's code and it's >vendors code, have so many more fixes for the same time period? And this >isn't about security, just about Apple putting out OS X and then having to >go back and fix some of it's code. As every vendor must. Under Tom's >logic, these numbers clearly represent Apple as a slipshot organization with >nothing better then monkeys coding their software.
This is nonesense. The company that does better testing and is much more aggressive at keeping its software well patched -- so much so that there have never been any viruses in the wild -- is accused of having poor software. Meanwhile the company with the big flops and many viruses in the wild is called superior. By this method of reckoning the company that does no testing and never responds to problems would get the best score. Look at the WildList (wildlist.org) and you can see right away who does the best job: 378 in the November '08 "Main" Windows list. Zero for OS X. ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
