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Open Source Versus Closed Source Security
Jason Miller, 2004-09-30

In the age old battle between open source and closed source operating systems and applications, can either of them really be considered more secure than the other?

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One Definite Benefit - What??? 2004-10-05
Anonymous
It's obvious that you're biased towards Windows. That's okay, but the study you cite is almost comparing apples to oranges. With Linux, you get the OS plus all of the applications, and the distribution vendor ships bug fixes for everything. With windows, you get the OS plus a few apps, and Microsoft...

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