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Security Statistics and Operating System Conventional Wisdom

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the you-ain't-kiddin dept.

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." "

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  1. Debian. Who cares? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Not the developers, that's for sure. GNU/Hurd will be ready long before the next debian-stable. You watch.

    1. Re:Debian. Who cares? by RAMMS+EIN · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      Actually, I think the next stable release won't be that long now. And Hurd is definitely not going to be ready for all platforms Debian supports by that time.

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  2. Gah! by CaptainAlbert · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Didn't see the actual report, but I hope it's better than this incredibly inaccurate article!

    > The Micorsoft

    erm, Microsoft?

    > Windows application

    Which one? Oh, you mean the Microsoft Windows "Operating System".

    > is more secure than you think,

    What do I think? Go on, what? Tell me!

    > and Mac OS X is worse than you ever imagined

    So what exactly did I imagine, dear writer?

    Amateurs. :)

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  3. Re:Junk Science by stratjakt · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Spin it however you want, you're just as wrong as anyone in MSFT's marketting dept.

    There is no secure OS. The word "security" wasn't even brought up with regards to OS design until 5-10 years ago. Not until we hooked all the computers together on the internet was a "remote exploit" a worry. The focus was on ease of use, and making the computer do useful things.

    Now, cryptology is a booming field, people are looking hard into replacing old insecure protocols. FTP and telnet were "good enough" for a long, long time.

    The message here is "all you fanboys shut the hell up, none of you know what you're talking about. All OS's suck from a security viewpoint."

    The biggest security hole on any machine is the person administrating it. No OS is immune to a moron.

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  4. Re:And whom funded this 'article' by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Not to be a Nazi Nazi, but it's "Sieg Heil."

  5. Re:And whom funded this 'article' by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Not to be a punctuated Nazi, but shouldn't that have been 'Not to be a Nazi Nazi, but it's "Sieg Heil".'?

  6. Welcome To Slashdot by DecadeSol · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    ...where Pro-Microsoft comments are modded as trolls, we worship a penguin named Tux, and Bill Gates is hung if effigy every night!

  7. Re:And whom funded this 'article' by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Not to punctuate the punctuation Nazi, but it should have been "Not to be a Nazi Nazi, but it's 'Sieg Heil.'"?