Re: [linuxiran] A funny article from ITIran

[Arash Zeini]

On Monday 16 December 2002 11:04, Aryan Ameri wrote:

> On Monday 16 December 2002 08:30 am, Sayyed Mohammad Hossein Hamidi wrote:
> > http://itiran.com/artic/show.asp?no=8109170125
> >
> > I think some of Iranians hate Linux, specially those who have spent cost
> > & time on learning M$ technologies. They are afraid of replacing Linux
> > with Windows since:
> >          Their "bread" will be converted to "aajor"!:)
> > --Hamidi
>
> Well, you see, the author is prtially right, because actually such a paper
> was released from the aberdeen group, claiming that non free softwares are
> more secure, and stating that Linux is the least secure operating system.
> What the Author forgot to mention, was the fact that abedeen's research was
> sponsored by ... Hmmm........ Microsoft !!!!!!!!
>
> It would take a gineus to figure out the result of a microsoft sponsored
> research . would it?
>
> Cheers
> Aryan

I guess there is another point as well:

In open source there are a lot of security alerts because a lot of people use 
and test the software. This doesn't mean the software is not secure, it means 
the problem is dealt with openly and much faster.
Closely connected is the fact that the response time in OS security matters is 
much shorter, which again increases security.

I think Mohammad was right in saying:

"Their "bread" will be converted to "aajor"!:)"

Greetings,
Arash