> I think that the prerequisite is a user community for the OS that demands > that security holes be fixed, and a developer who is committed to fixing > the holes. IBM isn't perfect, but they have been taking security > seriously for quite some time now. It remains to be seen whether > Microsoft is truly committed to security, or whether it is just doing a > PR exercise. The Microsoft user community does not seem to be demanding > that holes be fixed.
You can say that again. The commitment for zSeries, S/390�, z/OS, and OS/390� dates back to 1973. http://www.ibm.com/servers/eserver/zseries/zos/security/systemintegrity.html Regards, Dougie Lawson -- ITS Technical Support SupportLine for IMS, DB2 & Linux
