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Why is it that people claim that open source is inherently insecure because more bad guys are looking at it?

How many problems has Windows had just in 2005?

12 posted on 02/11/2005 3:08:57 PM PST by ShadowAce (Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
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To: ShadowAce

As I've said in the past, there is absolutely no reason for XP Pro to install Messenger BY DEFAULT!!!

The amount of time I've wasted uninstalling that piece of software off of my desktops at work is unbelievable.

/rant


13 posted on 02/11/2005 4:14:31 PM PST by stylin_geek (Liberalism: comparable to a chicken with its head cut off, but with more spastic motions)
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To: ShadowAce

Good question, ain't it?

Putting a source code under lock and key doesn't mean squat.


14 posted on 02/11/2005 4:40:56 PM PST by JoJo Gunn (More than two lawyers in any Country constitutes a terrorist organization. ©)
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