[LINK] Re: Windows XP versus Vista

[Rick Welykochy]

Kim Holburn wrote:

>> and other OS vendors should adopt similar practices.'"
>> http://www.darkreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=143979
> 
> hmmmm...

Hmmm indeed. The article discusses "operating systems in their
first year". Okay, then compare Linux in its first year to
Windows NT in its first year.

Windows Vista "in its first year" is not a valid comparison since
it is not a new operating system. Rather, its is patchwork mess
built upon Wind/NT then Win2K then WinXP.

As well, apples and oranges time again. 100 low level vulnerabilities
that might expose data or give a single user a service problem
(the common type of vulnerability on Linux and Unix systems) is
simply not the same as 100 high level vulnerabilities on Windows
that allow machines to be taken over as zombies and admin-level
access granted.

Remind me again, how many Mac or Linux zombies are there out in the wild?


cheers
rickw


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