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No, but yours sure is.
There is nothing about your post that in any way refustes
what I said.

I said, "There's this inconvenient little fact that Apache runs
two-thirds of the world's Web sites, while IIS runs a measly
20%, yet IIS accounts for the vast majority of servers that
are compromised." You just pointed out that there were a
bunch of security patches for Apache. I knew that, you see,
because I've installed them. But the point is, these patches
almost always get installed before anything bad happens.

That's the way it is when you use open source software.
The people who are constantly scrutinizing the code
looking for potential weaknesses ARE ON YOUR SIDE! That's
not the way it is in Windows. Hackers are constantly looking
for flaws. Microsoft isn't. If they were, they might get their
patches out before any damage gets done, and there might
be fewer patches to release if they did this before the
release their software.
Posted by: Immanuel Tranz-Mischen   Posted on: 01/29/04 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Oh Please  TWRX | 01/27/04
Right on  Domb2 | 01/27/04
Your head is safely buried in the sand  vferrara | 01/27/04
While yours is tucked safely up your behind.  Immanuel Tranz-Mischen | 01/27/04
And yours must be tucked up there as well.  IT_Guy_z | 01/28/04
No, but yours sure is.  Immanuel Tranz-Mischen | 01/29/04
Security should be an obsession.  notbilln | 01/27/04
For your sake, I hope you're right  vferrara | 01/27/04
Arrogance?  Yagotta B. Kidding | 01/27/04
Ok.....  notbilln | 01/27/04
What?  openMind | 01/27/04
You're confused  rock06r | 01/27/04
Curious  YetiChick | 01/27/04
Read this one then  rock06r | 01/27/04
Interesting...  YetiChick | 01/27/04
Question of point of entry  rock06r | 01/27/04
don't confuse them  Fred Flintsone | 01/27/04
Not the point...  YetiChick | 01/27/04
Read it, now what?  NoB$ | 01/27/04
OK, great  rock06r | 01/27/04
Creationist theory is about perception  voska | 01/27/04
OK, great  NoB$ | 01/27/04
What does this have to with OS security?  nite_w0lf | 01/27/04
Bogus  Chad_z | 01/27/04
WOW! you were wrong!  el1jones | 01/27/04
OH PLEASE revisited  TOOL_z | 01/27/04
But Subarus Suck And They're Ugly  nikoli | 01/27/04
And Windows is a thing of beauty?  Immanuel Tranz-Mischen | 01/27/04
Depends on who's driving  nikoli | 01/28/04
Oh, were you making a joke?  Immanuel Tranz-Mischen | 01/29/04
Hmm . . .  DrJ_z | 01/27/04
Funny thing  slopoke | 01/27/04
Mac users must evolve...  golddragongarret | 01/28/04
Macs for Sale?  Jkirk3279 | 01/28/04
Windows security problems dissprortionate to marketshare  MacGeek2121 | 01/28/04
He's got a point  OhMyGosh | 01/27/04
RE: Microsoft has an upgrade plan for hackers  JakAttak | 01/27/04
It's been 14 years so far  Fred Fredrickson | 01/28/04
That's what my computer does!  MTMacPhee | 01/31/04
Pot calls kettle black, film @ 11  Chad_z | 01/27/04
Maybe it was about something else  rock06r | 01/27/04
MS shill tries, has a non-starter..  NoB$ | 01/27/04
No, something else  OhMyGosh | 01/27/04
Or more choices  Suicida| | 01/28/04
Okay, who'se lying?  IT_User | 01/27/04
Burger flipper posing as a programmer?  Doug@... | 01/27/04
Missed that particular one...  IT_User | 01/27/04
Clueless, really.  Fred Fredrickson | 01/28/04
please start making sense...sometime today  rock06r | 01/27/04
Whoa, we're not making cars  IT_User | 01/27/04
right back at you  rock06r | 01/27/04
Logic  YetiChick | 01/27/04
Thank you for clarifying  IT_User | 01/27/04
Dont bring Joe Average into this  rock06r | 01/27/04
Are you that bad at reading?  IT_User | 01/27/04
What about  el1jones | 01/27/04
Joe Average doesn't want that  voska | 01/27/04
Not exactly...  YetiChick | 01/27/04
This...  Yen_z | 01/27/04
HUH???  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/27/04
Depends  IT_User | 01/27/04
lazy or poor programming makes it insecure!  B.O.F.H. | 01/27/04
tie ins.  ryusen | 01/27/04
IP stack in the OS  IT_User | 01/27/04
My toaster is secure!  No_Ax_to_Grind | 01/27/04
Until you connect it to the internet!!! (NT)  Jose Jimenez | 01/27/04
you miss the point  ryusen | 01/27/04
Wrong analogy  slopoke | 01/27/04
It is a slander to say Windows is insecure  pa2004 | 01/27/04
Thank you  rock06r | 01/27/04
Maybe..  Patrick Jones | 01/27/04
Annual fee  YetiChick | 01/27/04
Yes, that's right  rock06r | 01/27/04
A few points...  Patrick Jones | 01/27/04
You would still pay for AV protection  voska | 01/27/04
funny...  ryusen | 01/27/04
"I feel like I'm working for my PC, and not the other way around"  MarcB_z | 01/28/04
Slander requires you to say it, you mean are you liebel(sp?)  voska | 01/27/04
MS is as secure as Linux - surprise  rock06r | 01/27/04
No surprise there actually  voska | 01/27/04
But what about...  rock06r | 01/27/04
Actually yes I can  voska | 01/27/04
That will be an uphill battle  rock06r | 01/27/04
That's pretty funny....  Jose Jimenez | 01/27/04
check your computer  rock06r | 01/27/04
Try again Rocko....  Jose Jimenez | 01/27/04
Actually..........  Jose Jimenez | 01/27/04
Read with an open mind  rock06r | 01/27/04
Oh yes, it's all much clearer now...  Jose Jimenez | 01/27/04
OK, Let's do that  IT_User | 01/27/04
Some "technical mumbo-jumbo" for you...  DanIelWalker_z | 01/28/04
Incomplete..  Patrick Jones | 01/27/04
Windows -is- insecure (out of the box)!  MeadMkr | 01/27/04
intelligence  Fred Flintsone | 01/27/04
So does Linux  rock06r | 01/27/04
As a matter of fact  Jose Jimenez | 01/27/04
Dream On  issthatso | 01/27/04
re it is a slander to say Windows is insecure  JWatson77 | 01/27/04
It is Insecure.  ITGuy04 | 01/27/04
I can't believe what I'm reading here.  Yen_z | 01/27/04
In other words  Yagotta B. Kidding | 01/27/04
re: its a slander....  Iain_Peters | 01/27/04
Not necessarily...  steppenwulf241 | 01/28/04
Patch management server needed.  Ardian Daka | 01/27/04
Why are posting this???  voska | 01/27/04
Here's why:  Ardian Daka | 01/27/04
Ever hear of Microsoft SMS 2003?  Confused by religion | 01/27/04
Correct !  Ardian Daka | 01/27/04
Can you calibrate that "well?"  IT_User | 01/27/04
Buy more of our crappy software  ITGuy04 | 01/27/04
SMS problems  ryusen | 01/27/04
Gates is dead on....  Mike Cox | 01/27/04
Thanks for the hot tip  Michael Kelly | 01/27/04
It's always the next OS  Arrg | 01/27/04
Excuse me???  Mike Cox | 01/27/04
I stand corrected  Arrg | 01/27/04
Its always the next OS = evolution  TOOL_z | 01/27/04
evolution is worthless if it provides no benefit  Arrg | 01/27/04
You Wanna Talk About Hype ?!?!?  nikoli | 01/27/04
good point  Arrg | 01/27/04
Poor Bill  iKenny | 01/27/04
what?  JWatson77 | 01/27/04
Passing the buck  John L. Ries | 01/27/04
Look at the big picture  TOOL_z | 01/27/04
Hey FOOL  ITGuy04 | 01/27/04
Who's The Fool ???  nikoli | 01/27/04
Ahem....  iKenny | 01/27/04
Actually,  Patrick Jones | 01/28/04
OK  iKenny | 01/28/04
You are  MarcB_z | 01/28/04
A few examples.  Immanuel Tranz-Mischen | 01/29/04
Agree  MacCanuck | 01/30/04
Now that's funny...  Patrick Jones | 01/27/04
For those of you that don't know...  mlindl | 01/27/04
Yeah, dude, just look at the pretty pictures.  DanIelWalker_z | 01/28/04
Operating systems will build their own reputations  George Mitchell | 01/27/04
Gates is SOOOOOO funny, his honorary knighthood  mlindl | 01/27/04
Security Through MS-Email Protocol? Yeah right...  brenthawkinsmd | 01/27/04
Eff You, Bill  Harvey Birdman | 01/27/04
Boy oh boy...  plungermonkey@... | 01/27/04
I don't understand teh headline  joshua305 | 01/27/04
So Gates is the one that started that FUD  Xunil_Sierutuf | 01/27/04
There is truth in his statement  jimk_z | 01/27/04
Poor products  pj-xmesh | 01/27/04
Can you say Bull Sh???  Rick_K | 01/28/04
Bullsh^t.  T25 | 01/28/04
Acutally  Rick_K | 01/28/04
Actualy,  T25 | 01/29/04
Sun  FilledOut | 01/29/04
Longhorn will be more secure because  MacGeek2121 | 01/28/04
the biggest virus of all is ...  MacGeek2121 | 01/28/04
Chutzpa  stormcoder | 01/28/04
The thing I would be most worried about,  T25 | 01/28/04
Boy o boy, all these companies swipe each other  FilledOut | 01/28/04
Put your money where your mouth is!  msdead | 01/28/04
Any facts out there?  mlindl | 01/28/04
Great point  Mike B_z | 01/28/04
Great point!!..... I dont think so  nite_w0lf | 01/28/04
Yeah OK...  Mike B_z | 01/28/04
Market share has nothing to do with security.  Userama | 01/28/04
FACT: Spoofing Filetype is a failure of the MS "COM" component model  Rick S._z | 01/28/04
I disagree!  Immanuel Tranz-Mischen | 01/29/04

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