Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 25th Jun 2007 20:40 UTC, submitted by anonymous
"I was somewhat surprised (but pleased) at the level of interest back when I published my Windows Vista - 90 Day Vulnerability Report. It was about the earliest span of time I thought might give us some indicators, and the indicators did look good. Six months is a much more interesting time frame, and gives us the opportunity to see if the early trend indicators are holding up, or if the early signs of progress were a short-term gain."
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2007-02-22
Jeffery Jones, the author of this article, was a speaker at TechEd (who I quoted in the article about TechEd). He mentioned this report was coming out there; at least the number of unpatched Vista bugs has gone down in the interim from 50% to just one left.
Honestly, I'm surprised by the numbers. I thought that when the various pack-ins included by the non-Windows competitors were taken out and they compared apples to apples, the numbers would be much closer together than they are. Then again, this could be a difference indicated by their business models: Microsoft primarially profits from their first-round sales, while Red Hat and Novell (et al) primarially profit from selling support.
Edited 2007-06-25 21:15