ZDNet: How Do Open Source Enterprises Handle Security?

"Security may be one of the biggest challenges facing the open source enterprise.

"When I say enterprise, of course, I mean enterprise--hundreds of servers, thousands of desktops, and truly heterogenous environments.

"Because of Microsoft's desktop dominance it has made important early moves. (And let’s not get into how much more secure Linux is than Windows. Patches even in the Linux world are no longer questions of if but when and how...)"

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