Microsoft Claims Linux Security a Myth

black hole sun writes "Microsoft bigwig Nick McGrath claims that Linux security is highly exaggerated, and that the open source development model is 'fundamentally flawed.' The gist of his argument appears to be his claim of lack of accountability among distributors, coupled with generic statements short on facts. 'Who is accountable for the security of the Linux kernel? Does Red Hat, for example, take responsibility? It cannot, as it does not produce the Linux kernel. It produces one distribution of Linux.' He goes on to say that 'Linux is not ready for mission-critical computing. There are fundamental things missing,' pointing out the lack of a development environment and no single 'sign-on system' giving reference to Microsoft's foundering .Net passport program." I guess Linux can only aspire to the greatness of Windows when it has such secure applications as Outlook and Internet Explorer. Historically those have been proven to be of a caliber all their own.

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Re:Just personal experience

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Windows: I run a spyware checker every week or two, and it almost consistently finds new spyware.

What are you installing??? I run windows and I never get any spyware apart from tracking cookies which of course are not really spyware.

I mean, if everyone ran Linux then there would be plenty of Linux spyware around, all it'd have to do is convince the average user that to take advantage of a billion free smilies they need to enter their root password.

Re:Why I spit on M$ programming skills

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I agree with Grandparent. Though MS is evil, thier developement tools are pretty good. I'm still at a "first hit free" MS school, but have some experience with linux tools. Maybe I have just never seen the "good" linux tools, but I love working with Visual Studio.

Please explain exactly what it is that Linux IDEs and other tools don't have when compared to MS. If you need your IDE to write code for you, perhaps you're in the wrong profession? Maybe I should rephrase that: If you need an MS IDE to write code for you, you are definitely in the wrong profession. MS != computer.