Heise Online: Linux Association Says Bill Gates is Lying to Readers of Der Spiegel

“Microsoft founder Bill Gates has stated in an interview with
German news magazine Der Spiegel on the topic of the
security risks of operating systems from virus attacks that Linux
is ‘even more susceptible in many respects.’ But the German Linux
Association is not about to let that statement stand. Elmar Geese,
President of the Association, called Gates’ claim a ‘demonstrable
lie.’ Anyone, he explained, can visit the web pages of the German
Bureau for Security and Information Technology (BSI) to see how
unsafe Microsoft programs are, while Linux operating systems from
Red Hat and Suse have been certified as secure software. ‘Even the
latest worm warnings are just like the ones before: exclusively
addressing users of Microsoft systems,’ Geese points out…”

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