From: /m 

On Wed, 5 Jul 2006 08:37:54 -0400, "Robert Comer"
 wrote:

>> So? A cd is 700mb so what this tells me is that every program on that CD
>> got
>> exploited in 3 months, that's insane!
>
>Any Linux distributions I've used recently are way over 1 CD other than
>minimal "Live" versions.  (They usually come on DVD's or
multiple CD's now.)
>
>You are comparing a very old OS (only OS, no office apps or anything else
>for that matter other than email and browser, and a browser that wont work
>today on most sites no less) against a modern UNIX variant anyway, so it's
>no even close to a fair comparison.
>
>> If that's the sort of world linux developers live in, I don't see how they
>> can possibly feel that every distribution caught and patched every one of
>> those exploits. These projects just are not that organized.
>
>It's more than just exploits that the patches are for btw, but anyway, I
>don't know anyone that thinks that other than the same kind of people that
>think Windows is invulnerable.
>
>I'm not saying I like Linux, far from it actually, but you do have to be
>objective in any comparisons.

(actually, I think Geo wants to start arguing on a different topic, and
since the pickin's are kinda slim, he's got to stretch things a bit...)

 /m

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