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Linux is Worse than Windows?

April 19th, 2004 · No Comments

Last week’s fixes from Microsoft has prompted a lot of critisism. There is also a report to be released by Foundstone that compares the vulnerability of Windows to Linux:



While Microsoft last week had a lot of explaining to do, anyone who thinks its operating systems are worse in terms of vulnerabilities than say, Linux, is going to be surprised by a report that security expert Stuart McClure, president and CTO at security products vendor Foundstone, will publish next month.


In his apples-to-apples study comparing the history of flaws discovered in several versions of Linux to Microsoft software, McClure says, “Linux is worse” with about 10% more flaws uncovered.


Source: Network World Fusion

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