maverick said:
> Is there any truth to this?
The truth is that they were comparing apples and oranges. They
compared the number of patches to each, without regard to whether the
patches were for critical vulnerabilities or just bugs. Many of the
vulnerabilities to Redhat systems could only be exploited locally.
Also the patches to Windows only applied to the OS, while the Redhat
patches also applied to the applications that Redhat includes in their
distribution. This has been hashed and rehashed when the report was
released. As with most Microsoft funded studies, it's mostly FUD.
When you start from a conclusion it's often easy to create a study
that gives the results you want.
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