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:eWeek: Who's More Secure Than Whom?
eWeek: Who's More Secure Than Whom?
Apr 3, 2004, 08 :30 UTC (17 Talkback[s]) (9441 reads)

(Other stories by Larry Seltzer)

"Many thanks to my colleague Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols, editor of our Linux & Open Source Center, for referring a recent Forrester Research report to my attention.

"As Steven's own story on the report shows, the main finding, counterintuitive to many, is that there is no obvious answer to the question of whether Windows or Linux is more secure than the other. It depends on your point of view. I came away from the report thinking, as I have always thought, that the main variable is the dedication of administrators and a given organization to security..."

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Related Stories:
Forbes: Linux Loyalists Leery(Apr 01, 2004)
eWeek: Linux vs. Windows: Which Is More Secure?(Mar 31, 2004)
LinuxWorld Australia: Open Source Security 'Not Good Enough'(Mar 22, 2004)
Federal Computer Weekly: Linux Meets Enterprise Server Challenge(Mar 09, 2004)


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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
Forrester made a fundamental error in th ...   Flawed conclusions from flawed assumptions   
Johnny
Apr 3, 2004, 10:44:04
 
I cannot believe the conclusions are "fl ...   Re: Flawed conclusions from flawed assumptions   
GreyGeek
Apr 3, 2004, 14:59:26
 
As Steven's own story on the report  ...   No, it isn't about a "point of view".   
Brandioch Conner
Apr 3, 2004, 15:46:54
 
There is estimated to  be around 16 mill ...   16 million currently infected   
jjanks
Apr 3, 2004, 17:13:48
 
This is the third article I have read ab ...   flawed conclusions from flawed data   
error27
Apr 3, 2004, 17:19:26
 
Translation: Daily patches and filtering ...   Re: No, it isn't about a   
me
Apr 3, 2004, 21:08:59
 
Do you really want to know? Just ask you ...   Who's more secure...   
SyntaxError
Apr 3, 2004, 21:17:27
 
Thank you Mr. Conner!! Your rebuttal was ...   Re: No, it isn't about a   
Void Main
Apr 3, 2004, 21:41:06
 
Where I work we have TWO PEOPLE who devo ...   re: Re: No, it isn't about a (me)   
Brandioch Conner
Apr 4, 2004, 01:32:37
 
This article and similar ones are really ...   Enjoyable read   
Bojan Smojver
Apr 4, 2004, 02:02:11
 
If a user needs third party software to  ...   Business   
Ed Craig
Apr 4, 2004, 17:32:10
 
I ghosted win 98 on a computer at work.  ...   updates   
stew
Apr 4, 2004, 23:15:54
 
Call me a cynic, but I'm not sure MS ...   MS's Time to fix=Infinite   
scott_R
Apr 5, 2004, 00:15:30
 
We can look in our inbox (oh, damn. I ha ...   Nice theory. But we don't have to rely on theo   
Leon Brooks
Apr 5, 2004, 02:18:31
 
The ad which popped up while I was editi ...   Never mind the content, feel the irony! (-:   
Leon Brooks
Apr 5, 2004, 02:21:24
 
This is actually a serious question. The ...   So what do you mean by security?   
phil
Apr 5, 2004, 19:03:06
 
Anyone taking Laura DiDio'scomments  ...   DiDio and SCO   
ram
Apr 7, 2004, 12:38:51
 
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