Who's More Secure Than Whom?

zerodamage · Apr 4, 2004, 06:30 PM

"Many thanks to my colleague Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols, editor of our Linux & Open Source Center, for referring a recent Forrester Research report to my attention.

As Steven's own story on the report shows, the main finding, counterintuitive to many, is that there is no obvious answer to the question of whether Windows or Linux is more secure than the other. It depends on your point of view. I came away from the report thinking, as I have always thought, that the main variable is the dedication of administrators and a given organization to security."

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Apr 4, 2004, 06:30 PM	#1
zerodamage DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: Virginia, USA Posts: 3,475 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	Who's More Secure Than Whom? "Many thanks to my colleague Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols, editor of our Linux & Open Source Center, for referring a recent Forrester Research report to my attention. As Steven's own story on the report shows, the main finding, counterintuitive to many, is that there is no obvious answer to the question of whether Windows or Linux is more secure than the other. It depends on your point of view. I came away from the report thinking, as I have always thought, that the main variable is the dedication of administrators and a given organization to security." Full Article: EWeek