Security Isn't Just Avoiding Microsoft

Jay Singala noted a story which points out "It's time for all the people who have entertained this fantasy to stop deluding themselves. How would life without Microsoft be different? It wouldn't be in any meaningful way for those in charge of network security; there would just be a different vendor peddling the dominant operating system."

Comments

Re:More secure?

[Corporate Troll]

If not for microsoft, the word "rootkit" might not exist?

Is this a joke I hear whooshing past my head or are you being serious. You know that "root" part of "rootkit", it talks about the Unix superuser known as "root". The roots (pardon the pun) of a rootkit are most definitely in the Unix heritage. Look it up for yourself.