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Security Statistics and Operating System Conventional Wisdom
kev0153 writes "Microsoft Windows is more secure than you think, and Mac OS X is worse than you ever imagined. That is according to statistics published for the first time this week by Danish security firm Secunia. "Secunia is now displaying security statistics that will open many eyes, and for some it might be very disturbing news," said Secunia chief executive Niels Henrik Rasmussen. "The myth that Mac OS X is secure, for example, has been exposed." "
...where MS wants you to use Firefox and Mac OS X is less secure than Windows!
It would be cool if it didn't suck.
We would all like to thank the millions of dollars Microsoft invested in our research to bring it to the successful conclusion.
It took us a couple of tries to get the results so that they would give us the right answer, but eventually we figured out a way. Microsoft kept funding us all along the way.
Thank you!
The Mac and Linux communities need to accept the fact that Windows, however much you might HATE Microsoft, is more secure.
How many independent reports have we seen that come to the same conclusion? 10? 20? The head in the sand approach won't work. The "Microsoft Shill" theory doesn't hold water.
No, it is time for the Linux community to address these issues and bring Linux back up to the level of Windows.
And by the way, I'm a cybersecurity consultant, so I know what I'm talking about.