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Originally Posted by Sregener
Compare this to Windows/OS X which believe obscurity equals protection; they are counting on the fact that because you can't see the code, it will be harder to find the flaws that are there.
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Who do you mean by "they"? Microsoft and Apple? Where is your evidence for this statement? With Windows 7 I get regular security patches automatically downloaded. My experience is that Microsoft is
extremely security aware, and do their utmost to quickly fix any security holes that are found. This is in their own commercial interest--they have to protect their reputation at all costs.
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Compare the response time of the Linux patch to a typical Windows response of "we'll have a patch ready in a week or two to fix this issue."
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Again, do you have any evidence for this statement? Who are you quoting? My personal experience with Microsoft and Windows 7 is that I get a lot of security patches for things that I didn't even know were vulnerable, which seems to match what happens in the Linux world.
I don't see why you feel you have to bash Microsoft with a lot of unsubstantiated claims, in a thread about a Linux security flaw.