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Windows zealot "NonZealot" says:
There are fewer vulnerabilities to patch in Windows. End of story.

I wonder why everyone in the security world, and most people who read, find
otherwise? You can't judge how many vulnerabilities there are in an OS, based on
how many patches the OS's publisher produces. There are quite a few known
vulnerabilities in Windows that aren't being patched. That's common knowledge.
I wonder how you missed out on that? I'm sure there are a fair number of
vulnerabilities in OS X that aren't currently being patched, but they're likely to be
far fewer, and they're mostly unknowns, and to paraphrase Rumsfeld, "We can't
know what we don't know". Once they're known, they'll eventually be patched,
sometimes quickly, sometimes not so quickly. But at least there are far fewer
known vulnerabilities in OS X, and by logic, it's likely there are far fewer unknown
vulnerabilities.
Posted by: John Sawyer   Posted on: 03/15/07 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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And!  Loverock Davidson | 03/13/07
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300 MB XPSP2 download is for the standalone install  PB_z | 03/14/07
OSX has a lot of service packs!!  NonZealot | 03/14/07
At least Apple is *doing* something  fde101 | 03/14/07
Just ignore WinZealot  Rick_K | 03/14/07
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Happy  NoMSfan | 03/14/07
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And....  zkiwi | 03/14/07
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Simple answer  NoMSfan | 03/14/07
Honesty  frgough | 03/14/07
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Hahaha!  xxn1927 | 03/14/07
Hahaha hahaha  tic swayback | 03/14/07
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And the answer  John Sawyer | 03/16/07
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