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Windows has 'fewer flaws' than Linux

Posted by Sander_Marechal on
VNU Net; By Shaun Nichols
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A vulnerability report maintained by Jeff Jones, strategy director at Microsoft's Security Technology Unit, claimed that the firm's Windows XP, Vista and Server operating systems required patches for some 20-45 vulnerabilities each. During the same period, vendors such as Red Hat, Apple and Novell have had to patch hundreds of vulnerabilities, according to Microsoft. Jones released a similar report in June chronicling vulnerabilities reported in major operating systems during the first 90 days after release.

[Ah, there's nothing like the smell of biased reporting from Redmond to start off your Monday.—Sander]

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