Microsoft: Windows Vista Safer than OS X, Linux
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Tip: Click here to update all your PC's outdated driversMicrosoft security strategy director Jeff Jones this week published a report comparing the security vulnerability profile for various high-profile operating systems in the 90 days of their existence.
Surprisingly, Vista came out in front: Vista had 5 vulnerabilities in its first 90 days, one of them fixed, and one pending with a High severity rating. By comparison, XP had a total of 17 vulnerabilities in its first 90 days, 8 of which were rated High, when it shipped in 2001.
The surprises, however, come when you compare the non-Microsoft competition. Mac OS X 10.4, a darling of the press, actually suffered from 20 vulnerabilities in its first 90 days, 8 of which were rated High. Worse, OS X 10.4 still suffered from 17 publicly disclosed but unpatched vulnerabilities at the end of those 90 days. "The data doesn't support [Apple's] marketing," Jones writes.
Linux fared even worse: Ubuntu 6.06 suffered from a whopping 71 vulnerabilities in its first 90 days, 27 of those rated High. And there were at least 29 unpatched vulnerabilities in that OS after the 90 day period ended. And so on. You can read
the entire report (PDF), and look forward, as I am, to Jones' 6-month and 1-year updates.
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Comments(12)
yeah, right!! safer than os x.
sure... lmfao!!
to the guy above me. i was never really interested in involving myself into the giants
clash. frankly what you and i think or say doesn't matter or make a difference in cases
of such giant companies.
but i would like to say that i've been using vista
since it's release. and i haven't experienced any problems yet. and i haven't used any
additional security software
yes, vista might not be as safe as os x, however most people in the world use windows.
therefore, the safeness of vista will have a lot more impact, and os x will just be os x
no matter how secure it gets.
apple os x tiger rules. vista aint even close. and its way safer than microsoft
@hagender and mort
you have a valid point... vista is attacked more and
hackers really dont care about os x and linux distros hence their security is never tested
to the extreme.. i must say vista is doing heck of a job considering this...
it doesn't matter how many vulnerabilities you have in the first 90 days after release.
it's far more important how many vulnerabilities you have after the first 90 days after
the release ;-)
it's also important if hackers have been able to exploit the
vulnerability or not.
actually it does matter how many are found in the first 90 days. it tells a lot about the
os and its security. a newly released piece of software will get greater attention than an
older one, especially an os. having x amount of vulnerabilities detected in its first 90
days can lend a good estimate to the security aspect of that os and how easy it is to
bypass or hack. continued support is important, but this does reveal a lot more than at
first glance. i'm not saying vista is better than os x, unlike the fan boys who made
themselves known by their useless posts i prefer to stand on the sideline and wait it out.
os x could have 5 million vulnerabilities and it would still be safer, simply because no
one cares about the 7 people who actually use it.
msers, generally, are afraid to have an individual voice and vulnerable to peer pressure.
they are the "the cowardly masses" who feel secure only in overpopulated anonymity. of
course viruses spread through those mindless huddled masses like a wildfire in a heatwave.
simple biology. they seek merely to survive, transcendence well beyond their grasp. "must
wear tie...or else...else"
apple is for those brave enough to imagine and work
towards a diviner future. the heroes journey. yes, there numbers will always be fewer
because there are only so many valiant enough to overcome their fears for the greater good
of all. but the satisfaction is oh so much greater! apple users seek to live life to it's
fullest and beyond.
it's a quality vs quantity thing.
kind of like
the population crisis - what's better, 7 billion people scavenging like mangey dogs or
1/2 a billion living in paradise?
'nuff said
it still cost to much period111111111111
so that is probably the only kind of ranking m$$$ found vista could remotely be some kind
of little better than macos.
remember, vista is just quick-and-dirty-os version
7 with a fancy 3d ui.
hey,today isn't april fools day!
stop screwing with our heads! lol
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By Oscar on 26.03.2007 - 01:03