eWeek: Windows Patching: Cheaper than Open Source? | Linux Today

eWeek: Windows Patching: Cheaper than Open Source?

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SJV
Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
May 21, 2005

“I’m really getting tired of bought and paid for ‘independent’
studies showing how much more wonderful Windows is than Linux.

“Who do they think they’re kidding? Does anyone actually believe
what it says in the latest Microsoft-sponsored study, ‘The Total
Cost of Security Patch Management,’ that patching Windows and its
applications is cheaper than patching Linux and open-source
programs…?”

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SJV

Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols

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