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ZDNET UK: British businesses advised to avoid Linux

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Nov 4, 1999

“Security expert undermines very heart of Linux OS.”

A British security consultant has drawn fierce criticism
from Linux experts after advising companies the open source
operating system is not secure enough for commercial use.

“Speaking Wednesday at the UK Compsec conference in London, Stan
Dormer of IT security training firm Stan Dormer Associates,
dedicated an entire presentation to the subject entitled: “Linux
Security: is it good enough for commercial use?”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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