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  3. February 2002

Re: Which OS is more secure ?

No, the philosophy is that there is a quicker time to find and fix those
bugs, which leads to overall fewer bugs.

Imagine the amount of bugs found in Windows if MS released source code.

Adam Lang
Systems Engineer
Rutgers Casualty Insurance Company
http://www.rutgersinsurance.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Leif Svalgaard" <leif@leif.org>
To: <midrange-l@midrange.com>
Sent: Monday, February 04, 2002 1:32 PM
Subject: Re: Which OS is more secure ?


> From: Booth Martin <booth@MartinVT.com>
> > About Linux... of course there's more vulnerabilities. Their development
is
> > done in the open air, not controlled labs as is the case with commercial
> > development.
>
> Ah, but it is PRECISELY the argument of the Open Source folks that
> the very openness means FEWER bugs.

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