In comp.os.linux.advocacy, waterskidoo
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on Wed, 11 Jul 2007 23:12:48 +0000 (UTC)
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> On 2007-07-11, Hadron Quark <hadronquark@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> A lot of "press" stay alive by taking income from advertisers which have
>> no link to the articles they cover. Think daily newspaper.
>
> Daily newspapers are in serious financial trouble these days.
> At least in the USA.
It's a strange market nowadays. I no longer read the paper (I
don't want to have to deal with recycling it afterwards; I'm not
all that consistent about taking out the garbage :-) ), but do
keep up by using the websites.
The websites, however, do not automatically generate
subscription revenue, at least, AFAIK. (CNN was
experimenting with some premium video/streaming services
at one point; dunno what happened with that.)
>
>>
>>> security problems at Microsoft deepen, more and more people will take the
>>> plunge into Linux anyway. The important thing for Linux advocates to do is
>>> ensure that the Internet doesn't get subverted so that it in effect belongs
>>> to Microsoft.
>>
>> Err, right.
>
> Ian is correct. The biggest reason after cost for Windows
> to move toward Linux is security. Microsoft has bungled
> every attempt it has made to secure Windows and there is
> nothing to indicate that this will change in the future.
> Microsoft isn't interested in *freedom* they wish to
> control things by controlling the *standards* that only
> they can dictate and develop.
>
I'm not sure how reporters/companies estimate the costs of
security breaches, but stories occasionally report costs
of delousing machines. Therefore it is theoretically
possible to express security as a cost; how accurately,
I for one do not know.
One can presumably establish a lower limit on security
breach costs by dividing down time into machine lifetime,
and adding in tech time (about $50-$100/hour, presumably)
for the repair. If it's a server one might include
uncaptured revenue as well.
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