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What do you know about this guy? Who funded this study? What does it mean? Honest, like some of the other posters who actually run servers, I just don't get as much from this study as folks who just want to feel good about this OS or that OS.

If Howard Dean came out and said he liked Microsoft, would you see that as something to hang your hat on?

There is a good chance this study is meaningless because its metrics measure not real security but the way the two OS's are updated and how security threats are reported. I think its lame to get all excited about that. Honest, this metric has more to do with Microsoft believing its pointless to tell folks there is a whole and they don't have a fix. Where as Linux screaming, "Here is a hole!," is the way the hole gets fixed.

I will take a seasoned Sys Admin over a university prof in Computer Science any day. Gees.

"If Howard Dean came out and said he liked Microsoft, would you see that as something to hang your hat on? "

He is not Howard Dean.
He is a university Computer Science professor.
I have seen countless posts on internet boards, from open source fanatics quoting some left wing university professor or the other, trashing Microsoft products.
The beauty of this one is ,this guys actually BACKS Linux.
Makes it just so delicious tome. :)
You guys don't have a problem with computer science university professors, you just have a problem with computer science university professors who puncture your bubble.
That is understandable.

"There is a good chance this study is meaningless because its metrics measure not real security but the way the two OS's are updated and how security threats are reported"

Again you are clutching at straws.
There is an even better chance that this study is very solid and gives a very good indication of what happens in real life with Windows and Linux servers.

"I will take a seasoned Sys Admin over a university prof in Computer Science any day"

I don't.
I don't know any System Admins who have invented or written operating systems or network protocols etc etc.
I know computer science university professors who have.