Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 3rd Apr 2008 19:59 UTC, submitted by daedalus8
People shouldn't read anything into the fact that of the three laptops set up for last week's 'PWN to OWN' hack challenge, the only one left standing was running Linux, said the security expert who oversaw the contest. "There was just no interest in Ubuntu," said Terri Forslof, manager of security response at 3Com Corp.'s TippingPoint subsidiary, which put up the cash prizes awarded at the contest last week at CanSecWest. "A contest such as this is not a measure of relative security between operating systems. It's not an accurate barometer."
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2006-12-15
You didn't. On average, he's right. People who use Linux often do it because of an interest in computers. That makes them "smarter" when it comes to knowing what you should and shouldn't do with computers.
It doesn't mean people who use Macs are less smart, but they probably focus less on computers than the people using Linux. "
I was just really being a smart ass, but I do know quite a few Mac users that don't run as admin. You linux guys have better beware though... If linux does start to catch the interest of Mom and Pop/novice users for desktop use, you're "smartness" is going to suddenly find itself at the level of us knuckle-draggers...