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Total Cost of Ownership: Microsoft vs. Linux and the Winner Is... | |
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| Time: 10:23 EST/15:23 GMT | News Source: *Linked Within Post* | Posted By: Chris Hedlund | ||
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The debate over total cost of ownership (TCO) between Windows vs. Linux rages on with Microsoft having published the results of a study performed by Wipro Technologies at the behest of Redmond to find out which system offers a lower cost on security. While Linux advocates are quick to point out that the vast majority of malware is written with Microsoft in mind and that alone makes Linux more secure and therefore less costly, the study does provide some interesting points. | ||
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| #1 By 10022 (24.39.227.106) at 7/6/2005 10:38:36 AM |
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What nobody ever admits is the fact that if you are runing as non-admin, in a well managed (read restricted and patched) environment (software restriction polices people!!), and especially with XP SP2 add-on manger block-all-but-good, the chances of getting a malware/spyware problem are near 0%.
Under such conditions, last week, I was unable to infect my machine after spending 2 hours going to KNOWN bad sites!!! The admin test was infected within minets. Actually the biggest thing was non-admin/patched!! To be fair in any of these "studies" lets show the exact config. I'm tired of hearing XP RTM infected in 12 min - I'm going to be doing an XP SP2/patched and left on the Internet tewst hopefully this week - I expect no problems - at least in the first 12 min/days ;) (and of course Windows systems out number Linux systems by 100 to 1 - so the probablity of finding one to attack is much greater) In a corp environment, getting infected with spyware just shows a lack of administration - nothing less -- you need a new admin! This post was edited by kevn84 on Wednesday, July 06, 2005 at 10:39. |
| #2 By 26839 (24.250.158.65) at 7/6/2005 10:53:54 AM |
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apt-get
Try a linux distribution that uses debian's apt-get. Try the front end 'synaptic'. http://www.nongnu.org/synaptic/action.html These are standard packages in debian based distros. You will laugh at the "Wipro advertisment" article. |
| #3 By 9589 (68.17.52.2) at 7/7/2005 12:20:35 PM |
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Meanwhile, this just in . . .
Linux Developer Gets Laid By Brian Briggs Philadelphia, PA - In news that is sure to excite the Linux community, long time Linux developer Todd Stanton got laid. "I still have trouble believing it myself," said Todd. "I was doing some coding when my power supply blew. Instead of pulling out the spare like I usually would, I decided to head down to Best Buy to check out the new DVD releases. Nothing new was out, so I bought another copy of 'The Matrix' since the one I had was pretty worn out. Turns out the checkout girl was a Matrix fan too and well one thing led to another." Word spread rapidly on message boards and on IRC. "It's pretty irresponsible of him and shows his lack of dedication to Linux and the open source movement," said Fred Simpson. "If others try to emulate this behavior then a lot of projects could get derailed." Others like Gary Wilcox were glad to hear the news, "We're tired of all those Microsoft developers shoving their Win-Ho's in our face. Now we can tell them about Todd. Who's laughing now?" Some developers are also excited that this may increase their chances of getting lucky, but most are being realistic. Walker Crandall said, "We thought we'd all be doing the hokey-pokey after Bill Fitzsimmons got some during the LinuxWorld Conference in 1999. We were fooling ourselves. Nobody got nothing." This is the third such occurrence for Linux developers since 1991. |
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