Good Article to the Point of
Mac and Linux
They are not more secure they are not attack as often. Do not make statements that there is no evidence to back up. Lets see if this rings a bell the first to fall in the past two PWN2OWN was MAC OS X. Malware being written for Mac is increasing with the increase in Market Share. The fact of the matter is if someone wants to hack a Operating System they will find a way. And with Linux Kernal being Open Source and available to all do you really think it is more secure?
Build A Bridge
And get over it. As stated in an article a couple of weeks ago in "Guess What!" PC World. Apple and Microsoft have been using each others ideas for years. Neither MAC OSX or Windows is the perfect answer. And the so called "Holy War" is between fanboys of each with a smattering of Linux fans thrown in. Any true IT Professional takes the strengths of the OS used and makes it work to the companies advantage while coming up with ideas to get around the weakness of the Same OS.
I do not care which Operating System you use there are always strength and weakness, and the media hype of this one being more secure is just that hype. Quit being sheep and think for yourself. Choose the OS you wish or are more comfortable with. Quit buying into the my OS is better then yours and quit acting like robots.
Bashing
Microsoft/Windows bashing the favorite past time for people with either low intelligence, or the need to make themselves look good. Lets look at it from a techs point of view. Windows 7 loads faster then W2K, XP, and Vista. It has better security measures then the previous three. And although Areo was "stolen" from Apple it is a nice enhancement to the Windows System. Microsoft Greedy? I am sick of this arguement. Microsoft and anyone else has a right to protect their copy righted software this includes attempting to keep the software piracy down. You want free software move to Linux, but stay away from the control freak company known as Apple, since they will not only charge you more for the items purchased they will tell you what you can install or not install on your computer.
In summary give it a rest and go back to school to learn how to write a proper article.
re: To clarify the earlier
Simple reply to both statements. To start the OS cults are in all three of the major Operating Systems and are actually quite irriatating for true professionals who deal with one or the other if not two of the three on a daily basis. The "fanboys" of Linux and Apple tend to drive most professionals up the wall since most have no clue as to what it takes to be inside a real IT shop and their only claim is that Linux and or Apple OS's are more secure and the so called free software. As I'm not going into the whole security issue lets just say less users mean less attacks therefore a basic non-issue for Linux and Apple.
Fortunately, open source means everyone has access, so many can fail without sinking everyone else.
This is only true to a point. One major failure in any organization can create issues for the entire organization. Although the open source community as a hole can and will survive long into the future, major set backs caused by either the mistakes of beint cultish in opinions in the world of software or having a group with in the community that have very little knowledge in the language of various programming languages writing code that is full of holes that have to be patch by the experts in a programming language.
In the end nothing is right or wrong in the world of software development. Wheather it is Microsoft and Apple or the Open Source community they all have some good ideas on how to proceed.
The article itself however was not on this issue, it was on the very issue that sets people at the throats of each other. The cultish tendencies of a group (aka fanboys) to say we are right and everyone else is wrong. Something that me and others IT professionals find rather distastefule to say the least. Since I have training in Microsoft and Linux and my degree is in Computer Science I think I can say this. Both have good ideas that would help the other if the they would do more talking instead of posing.
Secure?
"People, who like Linux, like yours truly, often harp on the fact that Linux is more secure than Windows."
Linux is not more secure it is not attack as often due to the low percentage of users both home and corporate that use it on the desk top. Do Not make statements that can't be backed up. As my Linux instructor points out at the beginning of the quarter. The Linux Kernal is open source there-fore anyone can search through it for attack vectors. IF Linux were to actually become a main stream desktop the attacks would increase and due to the open source nature would become the most vunerable OS on the market. You logic rather than fanboy dreams it works better and you don't look quite as ignorant with these columns.
Either Way
Either way you look at it Microsoft Data Center management did not follow standards or best practices in this failure. In which case it makes me wonder more about the outsourcing of corporate data much less personal data.
Back Ups
As someone stated on another article. The first three rules of computers.
1. Backup
2. Backup
3. Backup
Again
Again it has nothing to do with Apple hating their customers and more to do with the control freak nature the company has inherited from its co-founder Mr. Jobs. Simply if the cannot control they do not want it any where near one of its products. When Apple and Mr. Jobs decide to play by the law, aka Fair Use of purchased material, you may actually see some changes, but as long as Apple and Mr. Jobs continues to state what you may listen to music that you purchased through iTunes and their store on you are giving them all the control they want. OS X, iTunes, iPods, iPhones whatever you people either need to stand up to these Mr. Jobs and his inflatted ego or quit buying the product. Or in my case tell them to shove the product as long as they continue to the control freak routine.
Your Experience?
What is your experience with networking and internet security?
Lets start with Google is using open source code as a basis for Chrome, now the code in freely available. So that means anyone with enough knowledge in C++ can read the code and find the weakness. Since the frame operates in IE the hacker now has another path inside of IE and your computer. Double the attack surface with a way to get the key to the back door.
Hmmmm
"People like to claim that this is also the case with Linux or Mac OS X. They're wrong. Those systems actually are more secure than Windows. "
I don't know if you are ignorant or just stupid but please do some research before putting your foot in your mouth. Evidence shows that Mac OS X is NOT more secure then Windows ex. PWN2OWN Mac OS X fell First Windows didn't get hack till close to the end of the competition and this was the BETA version of Windows 7. Linux has security holes in the code, but since it is the least popular of the three "Main" Operating Systems it is not targeted as much there for researchers do not feel the need to look at the code. Windows which still enjoys a 65% plus Market share not including Pirated copies is the main focus of malware writers due to the popularity and/or vast numbers of Windows PC. In the end it comes down to this, neither Linux or Mac OS X are more secure then Windows the numbers are not there due to the low number of users using the two operating systems.