Re: Security through wide system use?

From: Leythos (void_at_nowhere.com)
Date: 12/23/03


Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2003 15:49:17 GMT

In article <3140c7c0.0312230212.d87f86b@posting.google.com>,
mccall@h2o.demon.co.uk says...
> Hi Folks,
>
> This isn't intended to be a troll, and I am not trying to start a
> flame... but...
>
> I received an email today from my manager pointing me to an article on
> news.com.com[1] that states Windows gets hacked more because its
> popular, and Linux isn't as popular so it doesn't get targeted as
> much.

In my experience, with both platforms (and several others) this is 100%
correct. If you consider the number of installed systems, the math
works, neither is free of defects, but Linux is almost nonexistent in
non technical locations (meaning homes).

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