From: "Geo." 

"Adam Flinton"  wrote in
message news:2091e6.4d3a8f{at}harborwebs.com...

> > Yes it does.
>
> So then Turbo Linux would be responsible for any DB2 holes?

Not responsible for the holes, responsible for the patches.

> So if Sony or Dell chuck out machines preloaded with Windows + WinDVD &
adobe
> PDF viewer etc.etc. then are any security vulns a Dell/Sony problem or an
app
> problem or a MS problem?

You keep throwing hardware into this, this is a software issue. How about
this, Some programming language library has a bug, who's responsible for
patches, the people who wrote the language or the people who wrote the
applications that are being exploited?

Geo. (the correct answer is both, but the end user is only concerned with
the app vendor)

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