[GLLUG] WinVista security better than Linux?

Andy Lee ALEE at courts.mi.gov
Mon Jun 25 15:07:42 EDT 2007


>>> Thomas Hruska <thruska at cubiclesoft.com> 6/25/2007 2:54:05 PM >>>
On sheer vulnerability counts, Vista wins, BUT the comparison is apples

to oranges.  A more appropriate comparison would have been to take the

latest Ubuntu (which has a more Windows'ey look-and-feel to it and,
IMO, 
is more popular - distrowatch.com's rating system agrees with me)
during 
a similar timeframe.


An even more appropriate comparison would be to look at Ubuntu with
everything removed to provide a similar software set to what comes
pre-installed with Vista. Many of those security issues are for packages
that don't have pre-installed Windows counterparts.


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