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IT Observer: SWUP–Another Reason Why Trustix Has a Lower TCO than Microsoft

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jul 2, 2005

“Comodo owned Trustix, developers of the world’s most secure
Linux, have pinpointed the distribution’s
automated patch management and upgrade mechanism, SWUP, as the
perfect riposte to allegations from Microsoft that Linux based
servers present higher TCO to companies due to extended patch
development and implementation times. Delivering ‘Astonishingly
fast’ vulnerability patch management services also provides Trustix
with a key differentiator to other Linux competitors such as
Redhat…”

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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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