the VNU author did not question the methodology of the Mi2G piece, but The Register did.
mi2g after it compiled a database on attacks culled from data from defacement archives (such as alldas.org), hacker bulletin boards and "information from automatic robots".
"Sites such as Alldas.org make no attempt to suggest that their data is comprehensive, and it's questionable if mi2g's figures can be used as a metric to compare the vulnerability of different operating systems. But then it's very hard to get solid figures on this kind of data so mi2g's figures may be indicative. "
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/55/26177.html
Mi2G has a history - its Y2K forecasts were notorious -
http://www.kumite.com/myths/opinion/thoughts/1999/ mi2g.htm
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the VNU author did not question the methodology of the Mi2G piece, but The Register did. mi2g after it compiled a database on attacks culled from data from defacement archives (such as alldas.org), hacker bulletin boards and "information from automatic robots". "Sites such as Alldas.org make no attempt to suggest that their data is comprehensive, and it's questionable if mi2g's figures can be used as a metric to compare the vulnerability of different operating systems. But then it's very hard to get solid figures on this kind of data so mi2g's figures may be indicative. " http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/55/26177.html
Mi2G has a history - its Y2K forecasts were notorious -
http://www.kumite.com/myths/opinion/thoughts/1999/ mi2g.htm