Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on February 13, 2004 03:25 AM
To be fair, Windows 2000 server is the equivalent of Linux, some of the basic network clients, the X Window system, Mozilla and GnomeMeeting, and either GNOME or KDE. Windows treats much of what Unix calls applications as part of the operating system, or at least, 90% of what Unix calls applications. The other 10% or so of most applications is separate code.
This points out one of the fallacies of trying to compare security reports for Unix and Windows. It's like comparing apples and, oh, I dunno, marmots. Their architectures are so different that direct comparison isn't possible, even if you take into account that each OS has a different philosophy about issuing security updates, and different philosophies about trying to find them in the first place.
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Re:keep it coming
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on February 13, 2004 03:25 AMThis points out one of the fallacies of trying to compare security reports for Unix and Windows. It's like comparing apples and, oh, I dunno, marmots. Their architectures are so different that direct comparison isn't possible, even if you take into account that each OS has a different philosophy about issuing security updates, and different philosophies about trying to find them in the first place.
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