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Red Hat and Firefox 'More Buggy' than Microsoft
Jan 17, 2008, 16 :00 UTC (7 Talkback[s]) (8827 reads)

(Other stories by Matthew Broersma)

"Secunia has found that the number of security bugs in the open source Red Hat Linux operating system and Firefox browsers far outstripped comparable products from Microsoft last year.

"In a report released this week, Secunia also criticised CA for the quality of the code in its antivirus products, saying that 'inherent' code problems are exposing CA products to ongoing security vulnerabilities..."

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  Talkback(s) Name  and Date
"More bugs fixed faster in open source s ...   A better headline.   
Rainer Weikusat
Jan 17, 2008, 16:26:47
 
It's very unfear to compare the whol ...   Compare RedHat with Windows es unfear   
José Luis Ledesma
Jan 17, 2008, 17:19:28
 
This is nothing more than Open Source de ...   Listen up, Chior.   
Kevin Hudson
Jan 17, 2008, 17:54:21
 
Red Hat & Firefox must be doing some thi ...   Microsoft Ad !:   
GH
Jan 17, 2008, 21:44:39
 
That is all. ...   Microsoft buggy still! Not open massive software.   
Spanky
Jan 17, 2008, 23:03:42
 
what is really interesting is the number ...   Meanwhile, back in the real world   
Mark
Jan 18, 2008, 01:56:44
 
Funny thing is that closed source Window ...   Windows fails where Redhat doesn't   
stomfi
Jan 18, 2008, 03:46:56
 
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