:Are we too naive by believing that GNU/Linux is more secure by design?
Are we too naive by believing that GNU/Linux is more secure by design? Jul 29, 2009, 09 :02 UTC (23 Talkback[s]) (5150 reads) (Other stories by Edmundo Carmona)
"Now, there are people that say that it's just that GNU/Linux is less attractive to malware software because there are so few of us GNU/Linux users. I have always thought that this is crap but anyway....
"Now, think about the things that FLOSS developers get to do:
- Crack encrypted DVDs
- Allow for communication between Microsoft Windows hosts (with a twisted SMB protocol) and *NIX hosts before Microsoft (reluctantly... but with a lot of PR spin, as usual) released the documentation about it
- Synchronize with iTunes"