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It's simple.
When one operating system architecture allows anyone to type
FORMAT C:
and then press the ENTER key and the software formats your C: drive it is insecure.

When the operating system architecture does not allow this it is more secure. Even DR DOS required a switch before allowing this quick destruction of your system. Linux requires that you have the authority to do this. An ordinary user does not have this authority.

The question is not about your knowledge of the operating system, but about your authority to modify it.

The question is about design. Safes are designed with multiple locking pins that protrude from all sides of the door into the jamb. You can't put enough locks on the front door of you house to match this. In the same manner, you can not put enough locks on software to overcome poor basic design.

Simply put, a system designed from the bottom up for multiple users and for security will never be matched by patches applied to a single user stand alone system.
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Using a Linux Product?  chrichton99 | 11/19/03
Using an MS Product?  Rick_K | 11/19/03
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Some examples  chrichton99 | 11/19/03
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sorry  lmaxwell | 11/20/03
Windows on the server?  IT_User | 11/20/03
Bah...  chrichton99 | 11/20/03
Seems you're pushing client stuff  IT_User | 11/19/03
chrichton99, YOU'RE WRONG ... J2EE is FAR ahead of MS App Servers . . .  Plain Logic | 11/19/03
You are misquoting.  chrichton99 | 11/20/03
WRONG AGAIN !!! . . . Read the Article . . . First sentence states ...  Plain Logic | 11/20/03
Riggghhtt  chrichton99 | 11/21/03
Some examples(?)  SC-man | 11/20/03
those ARE facts  chrichton99 | 11/20/03
facts are not facts without basis  SC-man | 11/21/03
Convenience vs Quality  michael-t | 11/20/03
Proprietary OSes  wadeprater | 11/20/03
It's simple.  Update victim | 11/20/03
It's simple  SC-man | 11/20/03
Agreeing with the others  IT_User | 11/20/03
Crypto-Gram  bit_rot | 11/20/03
Hey, I use MS products, I know.  ordaj@... | 11/19/03
Wow, you need some help then.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 11/19/03
Cool! How much do you charge?  Spoon Jabber | 11/19/03
businesses are not average users  lmaxwell | 11/20/03
And that's why business is going to Linux  IT_User | 11/20/03
Try Lindows  voska | 11/20/03
re  lmaxwell | 11/23/03
Re: businesses are not average users  issthatso | 11/20/03
I'll help too  tic swayback | 11/20/03
Don - I'll do it for free....  bgoss@... | 11/20/03
OEMs need to step up to plate  lmaxwell | 11/23/03
Hang in a few years  IT_User | 11/19/03
Modular Design  bit_rot | 11/20/03
Not sure why you are complaining  B.O.F.H. | 11/19/03
Do you know how  rkadowns | 11/19/03
re : zd fill this in please  lmaxwell | 11/20/03
re : zd fill this in please  SC-man | 11/20/03
well lets see  lmaxwell | 11/23/03
Linux Virus  SC-man | 11/24/03
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XP does same thing  lmaxwell | 11/23/03
Here's the difference...  techboy_z | 11/21/03
Buying MS Products? . . . Enterprises aren't . . .  Plain Logic | 11/19/03
Not exactly earth shattering news  IT_User | 11/19/03
point well taken.  Plain Logic | 11/19/03
interesting how  rkadowns | 11/19/03
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No. Not for Joe user  IT_User | 11/20/03
Use the Product for the JOB  voska | 11/20/03
Linux not home  NemesisNL | 11/22/03
Gates is a joke  kray_z | 11/20/03
Gates IS a joke and unfortunately the jokes on us  bgoss@... | 11/20/03
gates  lotta_anger | 11/20/03
The imaginary world of Bill Gates  voska | 11/20/03
Full of ....  dwest_z | 11/20/03
Secure Systems  samp_z | 11/20/03
Right !!! and a few months ago  Update victim | 11/20/03
Security  samp_z | 11/20/03
PAYING YOUR IS DEPARTMENT TO APPLY FIXES IS A WASTE OF CORPORATE REVENUE !!  Plain Logic | 11/20/03
Other answers?  SC-man | 11/20/03
I would have  ParadigmOdyssey | 11/20/03
boundaries  BarbarianHorde | 11/20/03
Dillusional & Not Trustworthy  brenthawkinsmd | 11/20/03
"At the crossroads" of the "road ahead"??  mbratch | 11/20/03
Story should read . . . "Continued Use of MS Products at Crossroads"  Plain Logic | 11/20/03
Didn't you read what he said?  Anton Philidor | 11/20/03
Your favorite twink Gates' twaddle is indefensible. Put down your crackpipe  dicktaurus@... | 11/21/03
If you think it's all 'ghastly', say how  Anton Philidor | 11/21/03
Security and ease of use, I'll buy the next Non-Win OS that comes along  njic@... | 11/21/03
What Bill is trying to say is he doesn't understand much at all  Richard Flude | 11/21/03
Explicating Gates  Anton Philidor | 11/22/03
I maintain he [Bill] has no idea what he is talking about  Richard Flude | 11/23/03
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Man of Vision  gerardnv@... | 11/21/03
Examples please  Richard Flude | 11/21/03
Expand your focus some  Mark Miller | 11/23/03
OK let expands the focus  Richard Flude | 11/23/03
Anyone? Anyone? c'mon just one example will do  Richard Flude | 12/01/03
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