[PLUG] Windows versus Linux security

[Sandy Herring]

On Sun, 21 Jul 2002, Neil Anuskiewicz wrote: 
> 
> On Sun, 21 Jul 2002, Carla Schroder wrote:
> 
> > I think the fairest metric is the actual damage done. Measured in dollars, 
> > time, and aggravation, Microsoft is the undisputed world champeen.
> 
> The only problem is how would you calculate that? It would be a monumental 
> task for each vulnerability and somewhat subjective also.
> 
> My feeling is there should be a way to compare apples to apples if that is 
> possible.

To be fair, it would also have to be weighted to factor into the metrics the
number of servers installed for each OS - or the market cap of the companies
affected.

Sandy
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