__/ [ Mike ] on Wednesday 13 June 2007 13:00 \__
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>> Linux hacks rare as hens' teeth, says survey
>>
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>>> Adding more fuel to the Linux versus Windows fire, a US research firm
>>> this week released a survey that noted only eight percent of Linux
>>> developers had ever seen a virus infect their systems.
>>>
>>> [...]
>>>
>>> A similar survey by Evans last year found that nearly 60 percent of
>>> non-Linux developers admitted they'd been victimised by security
>>> breaches, and 32 percent had been hit three or more times.
>>>
>>> Does that mean Linux is a more secure OS? Nicholas Petreley, Evans
>>> Data's Linux analyst, certainly thinks so.
>>>
>>> "It's not surprising that Linux systems aren't hacked to the degree
>>> that Windows-based machines can be exploited," he said in a
>>> statement. "The reasons for the greater inherent security of the
>>> Linux OS are simple, more eyes on the code mean that less slips by
>>> and the OS is naturally going to be better secured."
>> `----
>>
>> http://www.crn.com.au/story.aspx?CIID=15911
>
> We all know why that is. Cos no one uses it
Have you read the article? It does not say this at all.
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