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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RE[2]: Meaningless "Report"
by Supreme Dragon on Tue 26th Jun 2007 01:03
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RE[3]: Meaningless "Report"
by flanque on Tue 26th Jun 2007 01:50
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Member since:2005-12-15
Linux code is available for all to see
That doesn't mean everyone looks at it, less understand it.
Linux has an impressive record of stability, reliability, security and performance
Tell that to all the people who complain about slow distributions, random crashes and serious vulnerabilities.
MS won't show the code and the reason just might be embarrassment.
In my view, Microsoft don't show the source code because it's their intellectual property. Why should they show it just because any particular community wishes so? Hell, why not demand every closed source product have its code made freely available. Without doubt, you wont be analysing it all to ensure it's, "stability, reliability, security and performance."
Maybe, though I expect you to trash the concept without any rational, Microsoft have developed a good way to protect their operating systems.
Windows has a horrible record of shoddy quality, and the DRM and frightening EULA makes Windows an even more wretched choice.
Opinion. Many would vigorously disagree with this point of view. I do agree on one of your points however.. it's a choice.
To even suggest that Windows code could possibly match Linux is hilariously nonsensical.
I didn't, but regardless how can you make such an assertion without seeing it? They're two different products with different designs.
Comparing them, as we are so regularly told in these sorts of "conversations" is like comparing apples or oranges... or maybe it should be oranges first, since I like them more, so it just has to be better.
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2005-12-15
Uh.. how can you be so sure? How do you know it's a mess? How do you know it's amusing? Please prove your assertion. I'm betting you cannot.
If anything, you're the one spreading FUD.