[PLUG] Windows versus Linux security

[Rich Shepard]

On 22 Jul 2002, Ed Sawicki wrote:

> This is a good point. People will argue that more money is lost due to
> Microsoft security holes because it's the more popular software. But
> what about Microsoft security problems, like Nimda and Code Red, where
> there is no equivalent Linux security problem? Why not use the real
> loss (in dollars) when the amount is zero for Linux?

  Since Bob Morris's famous 'Net worm from 1986(?), has there been a virus
or worm that's caused outages, disruptions and monetary loss that wasn't a
Microsoft virus or worm?

Rich