eWeek: Who's More Secure Than Whom? | Linux Today

eWeek: Who’s More Secure Than Whom?

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Apr 3, 2004

“Many thanks to my colleague Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols, editor
of our Linux & Open Source Center, for referring a recent
Forrester Research report to my attention.

“As Steven’s own story on the report shows, the main finding,
counterintuitive to many, is that there is no obvious answer to the
question of whether Windows or Linux is more secure than the other.
It depends on your point of view. I came away from the report
thinking, as I have always thought, that the main variable is the
dedication of administrators and a given organization to
security…”

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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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