TechRepublic: The Secrets of Open Source Security | Linux Today

TechRepublic: The Secrets of Open Source Security

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
May 2, 2006

“Debates rage across the Internet about the comparative security
of Microsoft Windows and Linux-based operating systems. Many people
have vested and biased interests in their positions on the matter.
Misconceptions born of incomplete knowledge and logical fallacies
contribute to the confusion and the heat of the debate. Advertising
campaigns attempt to cast their sponsors in the best possible
light, and partisan studies use massaged statistical data to
produce apparently authoritative and objective, but ultimately no
less biased and suspicious, facts to bolster arguments…”


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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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