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6 Months On, Vista Security Still Besting Linux
Martin writes "Great report on security vulnerabilities for MS/Linux/OS X. This is a revised version of the one Jeff Jones did back on March 21: Windows Vista — 90 Day Vulnerability Report. This time he did what the Linux community had asked. Everyone complained that he did the report based on a full Linux distro including optional components, not on just a base OS install. So this time he did both; Vista still came out on top. I was shocked that Apple was even on the list as I believed all those Mac commercials!"
Jeff Jones ... This time he did what the Linux community had asked.
He went and f*cked himself?
...as popular as Linux, then it will be targeted, too. Or something like that.
This should be a wakeup call to all those businesses holding back on Vista migration. Vista is clearly the better choice.
Greets
UbuntuBoy
Ha..hahaha...HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
Quidnam Latine loqui modo coepi?
One claim from a blog was that Vista shipped with 60,000 bugs.
OMG IT MUST BE TRUE ONE BLOG REPORTED IT OMG!!!!111!!!11
"No user serviceable parts inside"
now we need to go OSS in diesel cars
I'd just like to say I'm thrilled to be able to say this.
If Vista was a bigger percentage of the PC market, there would be more exploits for it.
Pay back's a bitch, ain't it?
That's our life, the big wheel of shit. - The Fat Man, Blue Tango Salvage
Its been said before, but I guess I'll repeat it since it hasn't yet been mentioned here: after 2 weeks of clicking "allow" for every action, its no longer a security feature for the average user.
"Ok, lets start up Excel and get to work..."
"excel.exe is trying to run, allow or deny?" "Allow"
"mssrv.exe is trying to run, allow or d..." "*heavy sigh* Allow..."
"trojan.exe is tryi..." "Allow already!"
"deleteallfiles.e...." "Dammit just let me at my spreadsheets already! ALLOW ALLOW ALLOW!"
There is no mod option "-1: Disagree" for a reason. "Overrated" is not an acceptable substitute. Post something instead.
You can't win, Moderator. If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful through meta-moderation and Excellent karma than you could possibly imagine.
If you mod me down, I shall become more powerful than you could possibly imagine.
Lets focus on the real reason Vista has 'less' security problems...
NOONE IS USING IT!
Kinda like those screensaver pop-ups "Thanks for letting us install adware, please visit www.assholes.com for more adware! It's FREE!!"
Under the influence of Post-Cyberpunk Gonzo Journalism
Great post!
Very few people can really do subtle humorous satire. I really enjoyed this. One hallmark of really good satire (a la Onion) is that when you start reading it you think that the author is serious. As you continue you realize that it's satire.