From: Daniel Phillips <phillips@bonn-fries.net>
To: Rik van Riel <riel@conectiva.com.br>,
william fitzgerald <william.fitzgerald2@beer.com>
Cc: <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: windows is more secure than linux!!
Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2002 09:26:53 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <E16YNPp-0002MI-00@starship.berlin> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.33L.0202051621590.12225-100000@duckman.distro.conectiva>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.33L.0202051621590.12225-100000@duckman.distro.conectiva>
On February 5, 2002 07:41 pm, Rik van Riel wrote:
> On Wed, 6 Feb 2002, william fitzgerald wrote:
>
> > some of you might find this interesting others
> > disheartening
>
> Still others, like me, find it very encouraging
> that Microsoft can't stop talking about Linux.
> They must be enthusiastic about it, or something.
>
> > www.shortnews.com/shownews.cfm?id=16886&u_id=623
>
> Now add the security holes in ISS, Outlook, Exchange,
> Access and all available pieces of Windows software
> into the picture so Linux and Windows are measured on
> an equal ground.
And divide Linux vulnerabilities by the number of vendors, and adjust for the
fact that Linux vendors try to report all vulnerabilities while Microsoft
tries to keep them secret.
> Lies, damn lies & statistics.
How about Lies, damn lies, wild crazy lies and 'journalistic interpretation
of statistics'. Err, and has anybody mentioned integrity yet. In so many
words.
--
Daniel
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-02-06 8:22 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-02-05 11:47 william fitzgerald
2002-02-05 13:03 ` Bugtraq Mailing Lists
2002-02-05 13:11 ` Alan Cox
2002-02-05 13:14 ` Garrett Marone
2002-02-05 18:41 ` Rik van Riel
2002-02-05 21:00 ` Drew P. Vogel
2002-02-06 8:26 ` Daniel Phillips [this message]
2002-02-11 17:01 ` Andrew Scott
2002-02-11 17:37 ` Richard B. Johnson
2002-02-05 21:19 ` Andreas Tscharner
2002-02-05 21:22 ` James Stevenson
2002-02-05 21:13 Brenneke, Matthew Jeffrey (UMR-Student)
2002-02-06 5:08 ` Stevie O
2002-02-05 21:35 Little, John
[not found] <B0C77D98347F826499A03C1FE22DE33B@william.fitzgerald2.beer. com>
2002-02-06 5:12 ` Stevie O
2002-02-06 5:24 ` Ruben Safir
2002-02-06 10:09 ` Martin Dalecki
2002-02-06 10:30 ` Stevie O
2002-02-06 5:52 Anthony Kong
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