CodeDuck wrote:As to having a lot of people looking at the code to find flaws, I totally agree, the questions is; how many people are working fulltime on Linux? As part of the Trustworthy Computing initiative, Microsoft spent more than $200 million training more than 13,000 Windows Division employees on security-focused development techniques and new engineering process, resulting in a line-by-line security review of Windows Server 2003.
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That is regardless. Even with so many "Trained" personal reading through the codes, flaws exist. The cost it takes for Microsoft to do this is transfered to the user, who buys the product, and often times is frustrated by the cost to complexity ratio.
For Microsoft to openly critizse the opensource community is not only foolish, but uncalled for. If Microsoft has confidence behind their product, they do not need to create such a site. The fact that they have shows that a. they have begun loosing their ground, or b. they have lost contracts due to opensource.
I never said that Linux was 100% better then windows, how else could I play my games? From a server administrators perspective, the posibilities offered from Linux are infinite compared to other server OS, IMHO.
Another thing that seperates Linux from Microsoft is the fact that the basis behind Microsoft, as anyother business is commerical/corporate. Because no one owns Linux, the use of it only benifits the community.
Lets also face another fact, most companies who use, run, and stand behind linux are those who have contracts with the distubuters. Red Hat, SuSe, and so on.
Its also important to follow the trend setters, as IBM. They have been pushing foward with the battle cry of linux. If linux us truly a "waste of time", why is the most recognized tech company in the world supporting it?
No doubt that in some cases, Microsoft is better, but to say that Microsoft is always better, and Linux is just a time consuming, worthless pos is just plain stupid.
Do, or do not.
)... first figure out what to do, then later figure out what to use... I actually only started using linux after I felt the webserver needed it...
Didn't mean to imply that your response was in any way biased. I agree with you 100%.