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CNET News: Trend Micro: Open Source is More Secure
Jun 14, 2006, 15 :15 UTC (3 Talkback[s]) (5867 reads)

(Other stories by Tom Espiner)

[ Thanks to Kenry Mackesh for this link. ]

"Antivirus vendor Trend Micro is claiming that open-source software is inherently more secure than proprietary software such as Microsoft Windows.

"Trend said one reason open-source software has fewer security issues is the variety of Linux distributions. Although they use the same kernel, if one distribution is compromised, the same piece of malicious software may not work on a different distribution, the company said Monday..."

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Related Stories:
LinuxInsider: Software Squashes Bugs With Help From Users, Open Source(Jun 09, 2006)
vnunet: Mozilla Confident of Security Lead Over Microsoft(Jun 08, 2006)
Linux-Watch: Face It: Linux is Insecure(Jun 06, 2006)
ZDNet UK: Open Source Security Push Gets $20m(Jun 03, 2006)


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