> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of > RedShift > Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2007 10:30 AM > To: misc@openbsd.org > Subject: Re: Microsoft gets the Most Secure Operating Systems award > > > Siju George wrote: > > Hi, > > > > http://www.internetnews.com/security/article.php/3667201 > > > > Just for some entertainment, no troll :-) > > > > --Siju > > > > > > > > IMHO it's not a fair comparison, most linux distributions > ship with alot > more software than microsoft windows does, and most > bugreports indicate > an issue with third-party software. >
First, these types of articles (generally) have nothing to do with making a fair compairison. They are made up by marketing guys for marketing reasons. Second, It just goes to show that an OS that doesn't ship with a bunch of extra fluff that most people aren't going to need anyway is always the best choice. That was one of the first things that attracted me to OpenBSD. I remember saying to myself "What? You have to enable the web server? It isn't on right out of the box? WOW! What a concept!" Needless to say, I threw away my Red Hat CDs and haven't looked back.
