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Originally posted by Antagony
Smeth is right. But not only that, coders behind Open Source software fix those holes really fast. I don't remember which group it was (I want to say sendmail), but it was a particularly interesting case.
They did a new public release. Something like 6 hours later, an exploit was found and posted. Then in like another 6 hours a new release was out to fix the problem.
12 hours to hole discovery AND fixing? The day Microsoft pulls that off is the day flying pigs freeze Hell over and bring Apocalypse.
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Not only that, but you can actually count on those patches to WORK! On top of THAT, with the exception of kernel patches, these security updates can be applied without having to reboot the server.
I agree with the sentiment that both OS have a plethora of holes ... it is the RESPONSE to security issues that matters.