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Windows Has 'Fewer Flaws' Than Linux

Aug 20, 2007, 14:00 (16 Talkback[s])
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"Data collected by a Microsoft security researcher suggests that the company had to patch far fewer software vulnerabilities than competing vendors in 2007.

"A vulnerability report maintained by Jeff Jones, strategy director at Microsoft's Security Technology Unit, claimed that the firm's Windows XP, Vista and Server operating systems required patches for some 20-45 vulnerabilities each..."

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