Salam Fadi, This is my opinion:
1- I think it's not the number that count, it is how serious each vulnerability. 2- The Unix/Linux list as it says Unix+Linux, not just that, when said Windows it is just one vendor which is Microsoft, but when you say Unix + Linux you mean: RedHat, Novell, Debian, Gentoo, IBM, HP-UX ... etc 3- There is no 100% secure system, but security is all about speed, how much time is spent to patch a discovered vulnerability, the nature of open source (I mean Linux here not unix) makes any small vulnerability appear faster than closed source. 4- The Linux world is a dynamic always developing (e.g. every day there is open source project release, like the kernel) but Windows it is more static the only thing that is forcing change is vulnerabilities, if there is a new windows you need to buy it, in Linux every day you get a free Linux. 5- What is mentioned in the report reflects the activity, and the power of the open source, as most of those if not all are patched and fixed already, this reflects how the open source community is active and how much they push towered new technologies. For my last point I remember a short story: " Once upon a time, there was a student who is working hard to learn, he went to his teacher saying: " I am frustrated with all my mistakes!". The teacher laughed and said:"A man with no mistakes is a man that doesn't do anything". The teacher means when a man works he/she should expect to have many mistakes, if he/she didn't work there will be no mistakes. What I see is a developing world that is growing and growing and growing ... Have fun ;) Basem Narmok _______________________________________________ General mailing list [email protected] http://mail.jolug.org/mailman/listinfo/general_jolug.org
