Study: Linux the Safest Out There

Posted by dave on Dec 14, 2004 10:05 PM EDT
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A new study has found that Linux is more secure than most commercial software -- results that echo what its proponents have long said. A four-year study released today by Coverity, reports Linux has a low bug count, making the code more stable and secure. The 2.6 Linux production kernel, now being shipped with software from Novell and other Linux vendors, contains 985 bugs in 5.7 million lines of code, far below the industry average, said Seth Hallem, Coverity's CEO.

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