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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. 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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  2. 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!