Microsoft must have paid the author hefty amount of money to come up with this.........
REPORT SAYS LINUX HAS MORE SECURITY FLAWS THAN WINDOWS A new report from the Aberdeen Group says that open-source software now presents more security vulnerabilities than software from Microsoft. According to the report, 16 of the 29 advisories released by CERT (the Computer Emergency Response Team) in the first 10 months of this year dealt with security flaws in Linux, whereas Microsoft products accounted for 7 advisories. Security problems must be severe to warrant an advisory from CERT. Eric Hemmendinger, coauthor of the report, said the problems with Linux are in part a result of there being "no single entity responsible for quality assurance or for addressing security issues." Hemmendinger also said Microsoft's attention to coding practices and security concerns may have led to the company's improved record for security flaws. NewsFactor Network, 15 November 2002 http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/19996.html -Nash
