From: "Adam Flinton" 

http://www.techweb.com/wire/story/TOE20021121S0001

Adam


"Robert G Lewis"  wrote in message
news:3de4ff14$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> Nothing like a careful well reasoned response like 'You're full of shit'
to
> counter someone's opinion and win converts to the Linux cause.
>
> Do you have a source for the quote ?
>
> Bob Lewis
>
>
> "Joe Barr"  wrote in message
> news:3de4eb4c$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> >
> > You're full of shit.
> >
> > Now that is OK, it's your right to be so fucking g
> > stupid that you believe Windows more secure than anything.  But I am
> > certainly going to call you on it when you post outright lies.
> >
> > Read this slowly.  It is quoting CERT re this FUD:
> >
> > "CERT believes Aberdeen drew too much from its numbers. The
organization
> > doesn't draw any conclusions from its advisories on the vulnerability of
> > open-source software vs. Microsoft or any other seller of proprietary
> > applications. Instead of comparisons, the group focuses on identifying
and
> > studying security problems it considers most serious based on CERT's own
> > metrics. That covers about 20 percent of all known vulnerabilities, said
> > Shawn Hernan, senior member of the CERT technical staff..."
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Wed, 27 Nov 2002 09:19:24 +0000, Ronnie T. Mungo, Boy Genius wrote:
> >
> > > By the way, Peter, it should be pointed out that it is according to
> > > CERT, not the Aberdeen Group. They merely summarized the CERT data.
> > >
> > > RTM, BG
> > > "Peter Sawatzki"  wrote in message
> > > news:MPG.184e18ccf20df5299896c7{at}news.barkto.com...
> > >>
> > >> http://www.wininformant.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=27428
> >
> > --
> >
>
>

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