__/ [ Wayne McClaine ] on Tuesday 05 December 2006 19:02 \__
> No use waiting for Roy to do this,
>
> CIO Insight magazine ran a survey, RedHat - who sells only software and
> services, no hardware, ranks as the #3 CIO-valued vendor. Even Novell
> is one ranking above Microsoft.
>
> http://www.cioinsight.com/article2/0,1540,2067515,00.asp
>
> -Gary
Hey, look, Trend Micro at #2! They are Open Source 'advocates', to a degree.
*smile*
Some relevant links below.
Trend Micro launches anti-botnet service
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| Trend Micro announced a new service to help
| large organizations and Internet service providers
| (ISPs) fight networks of zombie machines, known as
| "botnets."
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20060925/tc_infoworld/82210
Virus busters clash over open source security
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| While McAfee reckons open source's very openness makes it easy to
| fiddle with, rival Trend Micro reckons it's the openness that makes
| dodgy code easy to spot.
|
| In fact, Trend Micro reckons open source operating systems are more
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
| secure than commercial rivals. "You could run Linux as an all-around
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
| operating system or Open BSD for critical servers. By using multiple
| Linux distributions, risks are mitigated", says to Raimund Genes,
| CTO of Trend Micro.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=33153
If Only We Knew Then What We Know Now About Windows XP
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| You can think of Windows XP as a house with a second floor built of
| spackle, wood filler and duct tape.
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/23/AR2006092300510.html?nav=rss_technology
Microsoft Windows: Insecure by Design
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A34978-2003Aug23?language=printer
Why Windows is a security nightmare.
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/05/21/1085120110704.html
The Structural Failures of Windows
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=15305
Security Report: Windows vs Linux
,----[Executive summary ]
| Finally, we also include a brief overview of relevant conceptual
| differences between Windows and Linux, to offer an insight into why
| Windows tends to be more vulnerable to attacks at both server and desktop,
| and why Linux is inherently more secure
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/security/security_report_windows_vs_linux/
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