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Re: Which OS is more secure ?

From: Hall, Philip <phall@spss.com>
> > The emphasis on August being mine - did you get this message too ?
>
> Yes, but I doubt that even Windows can't pick up 60 odd vulnerabilities
> (while Linux stands still) in four months and the results will still be the
> same.

what's your point Phil? The number of vulnerabilities reported
is also a function of the number of people looking for such
(OS/400 is a good example :-), so shouldn't you normalize
the count by the number of people looking or at least by
installed base?

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