NOT SO - Huge Security holes in MS FrontPage 98

[Robin M. Stephens]

On Wed, 22 Oct 1997, Ed Parsons wrote:

> Greetings,
> 
> To address a blatantly flawed argument I'll put in my 2 cents worth.
> 
> At 12:42 AM 22-10-97 -0700, Tony Wilkinson wrote:
> 
> >As for NT Server and its ability to function reliably, IDC confirmed
> >that last year, for the first time, NT Servers outsold all varieties of
> >Unix servers put together.  This would indicate that a large portion of
> >the market believes that NT Server does provide a reliable computing
> >platform.
> 
> This actually just reflects the tremendous effort (effort/power/money)
> that Microsoft has put into marketing the product. History shows us

I would also think it is a reflection on the stability of Unix.  A well
managed Unix system will continue to run for many years.  With NT,
consumers are locked into a cycle of hardware/software upgrades necessary
to fix those pesky bugs/security problems.  I think this would
artificially inflate those sales figures IMHO.

Robin
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