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Microsoft Raises Security Game, Notes Shortcomings Elsewhere
LMCBoy writes "Steve Ballmer recently told an industry conference that Microsoft software is more secure than Linux. PJ at Groklaw has a nice, thorough analysis of this dubious claim. She points out that not only are there vastly more Microsoft exploits reported, but that the exploits tend to be much more severe, involving remote administrator access." In related news, mhesseltine writes "According to an article from the Washington Post, in an unusually ironic twist, Microsoft has started talking smack about their own products, instead of those of their competitors. Bill Gates said of Office 'it's too hard to find things in e-mail' and described some features of Word as 'clunky.'"
Linux is a character in Charlie Brown? I don't know why you'd say that. Lihnux doesn't sound like Lienus at all. It could only be confusing if you say it wrong.
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balmer: For Red Hat (Linux) 6, they were five to ten times higher
parent: It makes you wonder where he got his numbers from
its obvious that "higher" is an int defined as 2. (5 to 10) * 2 = 10 to 20. that sounds about right.
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yes, i'm sure /etc/passwd says it's uid 0... but that doesn't mean it really is, what's in the /...security directory, maybe the real file system is in there? ever think of that jackass?
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The fact that you are willing to post your root password is so nice...it means that you can't do any real admin remotely. You have a secure...and unflexible system. Whoopty-do! The most secure system in the world is an un-networked box siiting in a locked room...but what use is it to the guy who sits, or in this case can't sit, at the keyboard? There is always a trade-off between security and utility--but what is forgotten by so many arrogant fools who smugly post here about how locked down they have their *nix networks is that productivity of the guy PAID to sit at the keyboard is dependant on utility. And a Windows network has far more utiltiy than *nix. Everytime your network inconveniences and hamstrings the end-user you are costing the company money. I have seen Novell Zenworks managed networks that added 4 minutes to log in times so that the admins could manage everything remotely. But add up 4 minutes per logon per user per day per year and you've got a damned expensive solution!
I'll take Windows--with its holes and the 25000 paid people at Microsoft patching them as fast as the rabble can find them--for its flexibilty, configure it correctly and not lose any sleep whatsoever. It was called Windows 2000 Service Pack 3, by the way, that allowed for automatic patch installation at night while I sleep very well indeed. For all those who are so proud of their little *nix boxes that haven't rebooted in 6+ years...aren't you afraid of what will happen when you DO have to reboot them. I've seen some very ugly things with an AIX box that never really had its disaster recovery plan tested until there was a disaster
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