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Email Battles: How Microsoft Stacks The Deck When Comparing Windows and Linux Vulnerabilities

[ Thanks to zanek for this
link. ]

“After toting up the vulnerabilities in Windows XP Service Pack
2, Red Hat Desktop 3 and Red Hat Desktop 4, Microsoft’s Jeff Jones
concluded:

“Whether you look at the all up total vulnerabilities, look at
high severity vulnerabilities, or look at the weighted Workload
Vulnerability Index, it is hard to argue against the fact that Red
Hat 3 required less vulnerability-driven work than Red Hat 4, and
Windows XP SP2 required less than either.

“Jones’ conclusion is indisputable, as long as you play by his
rules. Here are three of them…”


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