Sometime on Saturday 07 October 2006 23:34, Rony said:
> Suppose every company that completely uses Linux announces in its ad "We
> are proud to announce that our organization is completely running on
> Linux" Then the ad says, "Why Linux" it goes on "Because linux has
> proved to be very secure and stable and is immune to ...blah blah"
I dont think non-IT companies would be interested at all in placing such
advertisements. Many of these companies use separate service providers for
installing/maintaining their mail/proxy/foobar servers.
> Another case. I don't know if there is anything like an IT insurance but
> if such a thing comes up, Linux enabled companies would have to pay
> lesser premium as their systems are anyway more secure. Those who use
> less secure ;) systems pay more premium as they carry a higher risk.
This too wouldnt be feasible IMO. Its too easy to (deliberately) mess up with
any kind of software and put a false claim of insurance refund.
> Is there any independent IT or systems security certification that
> companies can adopt? If it doesn't exist, can some organizations in
> India start it? I am sure Linux will stand first in every security test.
> 'Other' insecure systems can be given the low grade.
There are several security systems providers in mumbai alone. I was contacted
by one such company a month back. But their marketting dude had no clue what
shorewall/iptables was.
Anurag
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