Re: [chat] Re: [SLUG] Take 1.5 hrs to learn why linux sucks. ;)

[Rob B <rbyrnes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 07:54 PM 14/07/03, Matthew Palmer sent this up the stick:
> On Mon, Jul 14, 2003 at 07:42:08PM +1000, Rob B wrote:
> >
> > I didn't realise that there were that many holes (number?) in Linux, being
> > just the kernel.  Maybe they were counting distro issues as well?
>
> To be fair, Windows service packs have fixes for more than just the kernel.
> Sure as hell, though, the only way that Linux had more security
> vulnerabilities than Win2k is if Microsoft are counting the vulnerability in
> each distro's release of a program as a separate vulnerability (which, off
> the top of my head, would be the easiest way to get the count up).

My point was that Windows is an "Operating System", Linux is a kernel.  If 
MS wanted to count security problems in "Linux", then bind, bash, etc are 
not parts of Linux, they go together with the kernel to make up a distribution.

cheers,
rob

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