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Surprise, Microsoft Listed as Most Secure OS

Wow, the folks from Symantec claim "Microsoft is doing better overall than its leading commercial competitors [in security]"

http://www.internetnews.com/security/article.php/3667201

Posted: Wednesday, March 21, 2007 9:01 PM by michael_HOWARD
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Rosyna said:

Which part of the Symantec report says "Microsoft" is the most secure OS? Also, I wasn't aware Microsoft was an operating system.

# March 23, 2007 11:30 AM

michael_HOWARD said:

Read the third paragraph in the link...

# March 23, 2007 12:43 PM

Rosyna said:

That's what the internetnews.com article author wrote, not what Symantec wrote.

Then the article goes on to say Windows had 12 high severity vulns, RHL had 2, Mac OS X had 1 in the same time period.

# March 23, 2007 12:57 PM

michael_HOWARD said:

You're cherry picking. Read all the stats. And then read Jeff Jones' stats too to add more context. http://blogs.technet.com/security/archive/2007/03/15/red-hat-launches-11-rhel5-security-advisories.aspx

# March 23, 2007 1:55 PM
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