“Supporters of open-source software boasted yesterday that
they’re surpassing Microsoft in the ability to block and
counterattack hackers–thanks to a growing army of thousands of
anti-hack volunteers.“On the first day of the LinuxWorld Conference and Expo in
Boston, devotees of the open-source Linux–considered a growing
challenge to Microsoft’s operating system and other proprietary
applications–held two conferences in which aspiring Linux users
were tutored on how to detect and battle hackers using open-source
products…”