WinInfo Short Takes: Week of June 27
WinInfo | at | by Mike
According to a recent (Microsoft-funded) study conducted by Wipro Technologies, the cost of updating Microsoft software is significantly less than the cost of updating open-source software (OSS) in real-world environments. That finding means that Microsoft software is ultimately more secure than Linux software because security updates are more easily applied to Windows. "OSS-based systems faced with high-level and critical vulnerabilities are at risk longer than comparable Windows-based systems," Wipro states in its report, while noting another interesting statistic that demonstrates the difference between perception and reality: "Survey respondents consistently overestimated the number of Windows vulnerabilities, while underestimating those for OSS." You don't take this stuff seriously, do you?