Network World: 2006 is a Bad Year for All Software, Linux Included

"It has proven to be the year of living dangerously, if you are using a computer that's attached too the Internet - not so much if you're using a Linux-based machine.

"Security vendor Internet Security Systems finds that the number of reported vulnerabilities for applications and operating systems has already exceeded the number reported all last year. As of August, 5,300 vulnerabilities have been reported. In all of 2005, 5,195 were discovered, according to ISS..."

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