On Fri, 13 Feb 2004, Matt Garman uttered the following immortal words,
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Again it is a myth that windows is not secure as linux, I bet if you take the bug reports of the systems and componenets (linux+apache+ssh etc vs window and components) you will probably find the same number of bugs.
Grendel,
AFAIK the total amount of applications/sources available for linux users is about million times higher then those from company of your dream.
If I adopt your jerky theory to practical life, old Trabant is today much safier as new Volvo, because total amount of people killed in accident is lover (ask for statistic results at local PD).
So even if total bug count is the same, for me it only means, linux and OSS is million times more secure. Who else disagree ?
You forgot about the fact, on Linux we have minimum half a dozen applications for the same purpose in average ...
Also if shell, Apache, Mozilla, kdm or sendmail are very common/widely spread, it doesn't mean it's the only choice (on M$ u have to buy it from another company, usually). So nobody is forced to use it, if it's known to be vulnerable.
e.g.there are minimum 10 MTAs which are secure (and some of them always were i.e. qmail) and the only one is crappy for a long time, etc.
noro
PS. It's not a myth are just kidding ...
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