I think MS does make a valid point about OS and "lack of security." It's not
a great point, but they are right about security audits...Is there a Linux
security team at any of the distros? Do they perform the audits MS says that
MS does?
Russell
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>From: Norbert Cartagena <niccademous@yahoo.com>
>To: slug@nks.net
>Subject: [SLUG] MS claims "We're more secure... really"
>Date: Fri, Apr 13, 2001, 10:59 AM
>
> Looks like MS is now bashing OpenSource security agagin, claiming that
> OpenSourced projects are less secure than closed source because "The
> open source model tends to emphasize design and development. Testing is
> boring and expensive."
>
> Most of all, I love their reason security patches take so long.
> According to MS: "People ask us why our security patches take so long.
> One of the reasons they take so long is because we test them." (I guess
> the fact that customers are being hacked all the time during the wait
> really doesn't equate)
>
> Anyways, read the rest of the story here:
> http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/04/13/0247207
>
> P.S.
> Tina, I put the Newsforge link so people will discuss the story in the
> dicussion group on Newsforge. ;)
>
>
> Norb
>
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