__/ [ Linonut ] on Thursday 08 February 2007 01:56 \__
> After takin' a swig o' grog, Ian Semmel belched out this bit o' wisdom:
>
>> We all know that windows is riddled with security holes that need to be
>> patched by windows update on a daily basis.
>>
>> We also know that this isn't true of linux.
>>
>> Why then, does my Ubuntu system download updates every day headed
>> 'Security Updates' ? Is it some plot by Bill Gates to discredit linux ?
>>
>> This morning there were 17 of them totalling 27Mb.
>>
>> I haven't noticed any posts here highlighting linux security flaws, so I
>> guess these updates are so minor that they don't really matter.
>
> They're a sign of increasing security, actually.
>
> Why so many? Unlike Microsoft, Ubuntu covers security update for many
> third-party apps.
Precisely. Microsoft continues to compare its patch count to a large and
well-out-of-date Red Hat system with thousands of unnecessary packages
installed. Changing the truth to create bogus studies has never been
something which Microsoft is hesitant to do.
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| "(Microsoft manager:) I don't like the fact that the report show us losing
| on TCO on webservers. I don't like the fact that the report show us losing
| on availability (windows was down more than linux). And I don't like the
| fact that the reports says nothing new is coming with windows .net server."
|
| [...]
|
| "I don't like it to be public on the doc that we sponsored it because I
| don't think the outcome is as favorable as we had hoped. I just don't like
| competitors using it as ammo against us. It is easier if it doesn't mention
| that we sponsored it."
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http://www.iowaconsumercase.org/011607/9000/PX09695.pdf
Just face it. Windows needs to be rebuilt from scratch or replaced.
Microsoft does not deny this.
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| "Up to 60% of the code in the new consumer version of Microsoft new Vista
| operating system is set to be rewritten as the Company 'scrambles' to fix
| internal problems a Microsoft insider has confirmed to SHN... Microsoft has
| also admitted that it has major problems in it's Windows division and has
| has immediately initiated a total restructure of the division..."
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http://www.smarthouse.com.au/Computing/Platforms?Article=/Computing/Platforms/R7G5G6U4
Microsoft Windows: Insecure by Design
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A34978-2003Aug23?language=printer
If Only We Knew Then What We Know Now About Windows XP
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/23/AR2006092300510.html?nav=rss_technology
Why Windows is a security nightmare
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/05/21/1085120110704.html
Botnet 'pandemic' threatens to strangle the net
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| Cerf estimated that between 100 million and 150 million of the
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| 600 million PCs on the internet are under the control of hackers,
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
| the BBC reports. "Despite all that, the net is still working,
| which is pretty amazing. It's pretty resilient," he said.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/01/26/botnet_threat/
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