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Advantages of open source software for business
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| “The facts, however, prove the opposite. The very openness of the source code
| actually increases its security. This helps to explain why Windows sites are
| defaced disproportionately more often than can be attributed to its larger
| market share and why 80% of all spam is sent by infected Windows PCs.
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http://www.itweb.co.za/sections/techforum/2009/0906250811.asp?S=Software&A=SFT&O=FPIC
Recent:
Five years after Gates' prediction, Nigerian prince still wants money
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| It’s not exactly good news for Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates’ famous
| prediction, in 2004, that the problem of spam would be “solved” two years
| from that point.
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http://www.techflash.com/microsoft/Five_years_after_Gates_prediction_Nigerian_prince_still_wants_money_43201087.html
Those dreaded botnets are still at it as spam volumes return to pre-McColo
takedown levels
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| Spam continues to pour into the mailboxes of internet users worldwide,
| despite concerted efforts by security and law enforcement agencies to stop
| the deluge, including a decisive but ultimately temporary blow late last
| year.
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http://www.itwire.com/content/view/23030/1231/
Related:
Bots rule in cyberspace
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| USA TODAY REPORTS that on an average day, 40 per cent of the 800 million
| computers connected to the Internet are bots used to send out spam, viruses
| and to mine for sensitive personal data.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/03/17/bots-rule-cyberspace
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