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I've thought a lot about the security problems in windows vs. open source projects. (I'm a software quality assurance engineer.) I wonder if open source projects have as many or more security holes than windows, but windows is such a bigger target. This is because a) Microsoft is the devil, and therefore must ba attacked b) Most low-level users who don't know anything about how to keep their systems secure are on windows, making it an easier target than the higher-level users who are on open source c) There are more windows machines out there than open-source machines d) Did I mention MS is the devil?
Mind you, I pretty much work exclusively with Windows/.NET/Office/etc. in my work, so maybe I'm just biased.
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Date: Thursday, 13 January 2005 04:29 pm (UTC)I've thought a lot about the security problems in windows vs. open source projects. (I'm a software quality assurance engineer.) I wonder if open source projects have as many or more security holes than windows, but windows is such a bigger target. This is because
a) Microsoft is the devil, and therefore must ba attacked
b) Most low-level users who don't know anything about how to keep their systems secure are on windows, making it an easier target than the higher-level users who are on open source
c) There are more windows machines out there than open-source machines
d) Did I mention MS is the devil?
Mind you, I pretty much work exclusively with Windows/.NET/Office/etc. in my work, so maybe I'm just biased.