It is the same tired tripe over and over again. What system is more secure than the other, by design I would suggest you all look into OS/400, VM, or OS/JCL. Very few viruses and trojans are written for these platforms. Of course how much fun can it be to write a virus in RPG II/III Cobol or SNOBOL. The majority of OS vendors have always treated security with a short shrift attitude. What is missing from this diatribe is the hardware manufacturers and end user responsibilities with respect to InfoSEC as a whole. We are, in a sense, all vulnerable whether we like it or not! Unless you're in a cave buried in a mountain there doesn't seem to be a silver bullet. I will concede that vulnerabilities irrespective of vendor constitutes a shared vulnerability.


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