[ale] Linux Fights Back in India

[Matty]

I am not sure what you are classifying as "folly." I do subscribe
to Bugraq and Vuln-Dev. I am simply pointing out an obvious piece of
data. Most of the well published reports detail individual exploits for
each distro, and compare that to Windows. Unfortunately the analysts
take this data out of context.


On Fri, 2002-12-06 at 15:27, Geoffrey wrote:
> Matty wrote:
> > I believe more exploits have been published for Linux than
> > MS this year. I am not pro MS, but a lot of analysts use
> > this type of information incorrectly :(
> 
> You are correct, they use it incorrectly.  Many of the so called 
> analysts incorrectly tabulated Linux exploits as they counted the same 
> exploit multiple times because it showed up in multiple distributions 
> (Apache).
> 
> I'd suggest there were probably more exploits for IE alone this year 
> then there were for Linux altogether.
> 
> Unless you stay up on all this stuff, you won't see a lot of it 
> published, unless of course it's astroturf.  On the other hand if you're 
> on the various lists for such purposes, you would fully realize the 
> folly of your post...
> 
> > 
> > 
> > On Fri, 2002-12-06 at 09:55, Steven Jasmin wrote:
> > 
> >>I love it Bill Gates actually had the balls to say that Microsoft was more
> >>secure then linux.
> >>
> >>Thats just funny.
> >>
> >>Steven
> >>
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: ale-admin at ale.org [mailto:ale-admin at ale.org]On Behalf Of Jim
> >>Philips
> >>Sent: Friday, December 06, 2002 6:19 AM
> >>To: ale at ale.org
> >>Subject: [ale] Linux Fights Back in India
> >>
> >>
> >>I thought it would be good for everyone to know that Linux activists in
> >>India
> >>are not remaining passive after Bill Gates' conquest tour of India:
> >>
> >>Indian Linux Enthusiasts in Upbeat Mood
> >>By REUTERS
> >>
> >>Filed at 5:39 a.m. ET
> >>
> >>BANGALORE (Reuters) - Nearly 2,000 supporters of the Linux operating system
> >>rounded off a three-day conference in India's technology capital this week,
> >>pleased with its growing corporate use and strong backing by heavyweights
> >>like IBM.
> >>
> >>Linux is open source software, which can be freely copied, used and
> >>modified,
> >>unlike such proprietary industry standards as Microsoft Corp.'s (MSFT.O)
> >>Windows, for instance.
> >>
> >>An operating system controls and coordinates the functions of a computer,
> >>and
> >>allows the user to run the machine.
> >>
> >>Enthusiasts said a four-day visit by Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates last
> >>month
> >>drew welcome attention to Linux, which is challenging Microsoft's popular
> >>Windows.
> >>
> >>Microsoft, which announced $400 million in Indian investments, says Linux
> >>cannot match Windows in terms of security and end-user convenience.
> >>Supporters of Linux, which no one owns, emphasize the free software's
> >>flexibility and cost advantage.
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> The latest, most widespread virus?  Microsoft end user agreement.
> Think about it...
> 
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