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If Windows went away tommorow (and no it probably wont) it would probably be a good bet linux would probabally have more security releated issues.
Posted by: jcwuerfl   Posted on: 08/18/05 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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I partially blame Microsoft  Dave P. | 08/18/05
Patch cycle  Yagotta B. Kidding | 08/18/05
What?  jcwuerfl | 08/18/05
I beg to differ  Dave P. | 08/18/05
and the patch needs to be tested  zzz1234567890 | 08/18/05
Dependency?  jcwuerfl | 08/18/05
How about???  Sir_Rob | 08/18/05
Bang  adepper@... | 08/18/05
linux  jcwuerfl | 08/18/05
Agreed  Sir_Rob | 08/19/05
true but  adepper@... | 08/19/05
Problem with your analogy  BruceWheelock@... | 08/19/05
More like...  Spikey_Mike | 08/19/05
What?  jcwuerfl | 08/18/05
I beg to differ  Dave P. | 08/18/05
and I beg to differ....  D-Ram | 08/19/05
OH Please, Give me a break!  Trevor_G | 08/19/05
I'm Always Surprised!  PXLated | 08/18/05
But if ther were only.....  jtnixon | 08/18/05
OK ....  michael_t | 08/18/05
Windows was made BEFORE Internet  ggibson1 | 08/18/05
So? Microsoft is the oldest OS?  Rob O | 08/18/05
HEAR HEAR!  adepper@... | 08/18/05
Well...  Spikey_Mike | 08/19/05
correct analogy  michael_t | 08/18/05
Perhaps  jcwuerfl | 08/18/05
Call me whatever you like  Yagotta B. Kidding | 08/18/05
BUY MAC!!!  adepper@... | 08/18/05
buy mac  theblue1 | 08/18/05
.  adepper@... | 08/18/05
Puhleeeze  IT Scion | 08/18/05
guess who else is not visiting  michael_t | 08/18/05
Hey! We agree on something(nt)  IT Scion | 08/21/05
Some blame rape victims too.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/18/05
comparing Microsoft to rape victims is just stupid  NemesisNL | 08/18/05
When will MS get tired of the blame game?  gcbtech@... | 08/19/05
GOOD!  NemesisNL | 08/19/05
Get a clue  B.Beck | 08/19/05
well  NemesisNL | 08/20/05
You must be kidding  DarthRidiculous | 08/21/05
Agree!  Spikey_Mike | 08/19/05
Not yet, apparenty, otherwise they would had fixed their platform ...nt  michael_t | 08/19/05
Microsoft Bandits  JAL_z | 08/20/05
When will MS get tired of the blame game?  ravisharma | 08/22/05
really  adepper@... | 08/19/05
Bame the malware writer not MS  ahcion | 08/18/05
Sort of  zztong | 08/18/05
The problem is MS doesn't just fix security.  jjon2121 | 08/18/05
Things that make you go hum........  adepper@... | 08/18/05
What are you talking about?  jcwuerfl | 08/18/05
I have never used linux except to switch drives on a tivo or replay.  jjon2121 | 08/18/05
blame game  bhodges00 | 08/18/05
Your post is what is stupid.  jjon2121 | 08/19/05
Good stuff.  Yen_z | 08/19/05
linux huh  hk165 | 08/18/05
losing proposition  bhodges00 | 08/18/05
of course not but...  adepper@... | 08/19/05
unless of course....  adepper@... | 08/18/05
LOL!!!  jmatte | 08/18/05
Even if  BruceWheelock@... | 08/19/05
When you buy a house with doors that appear to  michael_t | 08/19/05
You have to pay for them...  Bob & Tom | 08/20/05
Information Assurance  keypadmayhem | 08/18/05
WHAT Security efforts ????  realitycheck101 | 08/18/05
The court would sleep  adepper@... | 08/18/05
What?  jcwuerfl | 08/18/05
Yeah !!!  SZedRaiderMike | 05/23/06
Some??? Try Most  adepper@... | 08/18/05
A totally safe system would also be inflexible  imranpanji | 08/18/05
monoculture  wintersmith | 08/18/05
Survey: Microsoft bears some blame for worms  Loverock Davidson | 08/18/05
That's right...  flatliner | 08/18/05
GROSS NEGLIGENCE . . .  Plain Logic | 08/18/05
If Ford had this many bugs in their cars . . .  Plain Logic | 08/18/05
Thats original...  jcwuerfl | 08/18/05
What part of "this many" did you not understand?  Immanuel Tranz-Mischen | 08/20/05
If Ford had this many bugs in their cars . . .  flatliner | 08/18/05
Neither FORD nor red  Roger Ramjet | 08/19/05
I stand corrected (sort of)  flatliner | 08/19/05
Fords all have bugs  BruceWheelock@... | 08/19/05
You can't compare Microsoft to an automobile manufacturer.  Immanuel Tranz-Mischen | 08/20/05
Of course, you surveyed Linspire and Sun  Boot_Agnostic | 08/18/05
Why do people blame MS?  michael_t | 08/18/05
Because Dawn said so  Boot_Agnostic | 08/20/05
Blame?  Andromedat6 | 08/18/05
Why doesn't anybody put Apple and Linux on a high pedestal  bhodges00 | 08/18/05
If anyone finds a bug in Linux, s/he can get it fixed.  Zogg | 08/19/05
open to criticism  bhodges00 | 08/19/05
Havent tried any current distros?  Spikey_Mike | 08/19/05
here's what I tried  bhodges00 | 08/19/05
This is a bug that MS chose to fix.  Zogg | 08/21/05
I meant installing programs for that os, not the os itself  bhodges00 | 08/21/05
Blame Game  cobalt54 | 08/19/05
agreed but adding a little more  Power User | 08/19/05
??Blame??  Ezaxstwo | 08/20/05
On the road with the Microsoft shill-show  whisperycat | 08/19/05
How True  ebrke | 08/19/05
Social responsibility  oblivionxyz@... | 08/19/05
Except  HypnoToad | 08/19/05
Re: Bame the malware writer not MS  zeffan | 08/19/05
Unfortunatly  bhodges00 | 08/19/05
No, what IS surprising....  zeffan | 08/19/05
check out others sites  bhodges00 | 08/19/05
jjon2121  bhodges00 | 08/19/05
They did  jcurrier | 08/19/05
"why Microsoft hadn't warned anyone of the vulnerability."  George Jay | 08/20/05
Trollbait?  Scrat | 08/20/05
So is Microsoft going to have the last laugh? XP wins!  josaiah | 08/21/05
I have said it before  Billosaur | 08/22/05
Soon, very soon  Boot_Agnostic | 08/23/05
RE: Survey: Microsoft bears some blame for worms  ZDNet.com.user | 08/23/05
Mircosoft  SZedRaiderMike | 05/23/06

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