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:Sydney Morning Herald: Open Source Group Says Monoculture Breeds Worms
Sydney Morning Herald: Open Source Group Says Monoculture Breeds Worms
May 6, 2004, 17 :30 UTC (9 Talkback[s]) (9177 reads)

(Other stories by Sam Varghese)

"Australia's Open Source Industry Association has used the Sasser worm incident to push its claim that operating systems such as Linux, FreeBSD, Mac OS X and Unix are reliable and secure.

"OSIA spokesman Stephen Jenkin said since the worm hit the BigPond network at 1am on May Day, 'Australian computer users have suffered major disruptions, with thousands of home and business users running Microsoft operating systems infected and others experiencing network congestion...'"

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As soon as Linux gets to be a more gener ...   Worms, viruse and other vermin...   
nick
May 6, 2004, 18:29:52
 
There is no escaping these bastards.  If ...   Re: Worms, viruse and other vermin...   
David D. Huff Jr.
May 6, 2004, 19:12:59
 
I believe that having a mix of OS's  ...   Strength Through Diversity   
Joe Almeida
May 6, 2004, 19:51:39
 
> As soon as Linux gets to be a more gen ...   Re: Worms, viruse and other vermin...   
Ben
May 6, 2004, 20:01:59
 
> As soon as Linux gets to be a more gen ...   Re: Worms, viruse and other vermin...   
mram
May 6, 2004, 20:50:35
 
> As soon as Linux gets to be a more gen ...   Re: Worms, viruse and other vermin...   
David F. Skoll
May 6, 2004, 22:00:24
 
> As soon as Linux gets to be a more gen ...   Re: Worms, viruse and other vermin...   
Nicholas Donovan
May 6, 2004, 23:21:52
 
I can predict anything I want...If a ver ...   Re: Re: Worms, viruse and other vermin...   
nick
May 7, 2004, 04:57:23
 
 As soon as Linux gets to be a more gene ...   Re: Worms, viruse and other vermin...   
MartinV
May 7, 2004, 09:46:01
 
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