Re: Viruses and hackers make Windows more secure - Gates

From: Hairy One Kenobi (abuse_at_[127.0.0.1)
Date: 01/30/04 

Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2004 14:20:58 -0000

"Dazz" <cashdj@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Fri, 30 Jan 2004 06:08:18 GMT, Iceman <1c3m4n@chi-mafia.org> wrote:

<snip>

> On the other hand, Linux generally is secure ... it's the "add on's"
> installed on top of Linux that generally have security issues, ie SSH,
> Apache, FTP etc etc, and they aren't put out by the people responsible
> for Linux ie Linus Torvalds.
>
> However, Micro$oft release *their* software on *their* OS by default,
> so any security problems with IE, Outlook Express, Windows Media
> Player etc etc, are part of XP's insecurity (remember that Bill Gates
> once said that IE is an integral part of the OS and cannot be
> removed).

Hmm. I know it's pointless trying to inject some reason into this debate,
but those are all *options* in the installation.

By all means compare minimal/typical/full installations, but like-for-like,
please.

Out-of-the-box stuff, of course, rather than manually configured stuff. Both
can be manually configured to be secure.

Linux should always tend to have the edge, given the update frequency (e.g.
Win2000 & RH 6.1 were contemporaries). OTOH, IIRC, RedHat 7 has already
dropped out of support. (Tried to check on the website, couldn't find the
EOL page)

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