[SWLUG] Wow, seen this on Slashdot?

[Adam Rykala]

After all the hoohaa on Sun's CDDL announcement, now this

"Microsoft bigwig Nick McGrath claims that Linux security is highly 
exaggerated, and that the open source development model is 'fundamentally 
flawed.' The gist of his argument appears to be his claim of lack of 
accountability among distributors, coupled with generic statements short on 
facts. 'Who is accountable for the security of the Linux kernel? Does Red 
Hat, for example, take responsibility? It cannot, as it does not produce the 
Linux kernel. It produces one distribution of Linux.' He goes on to say that 
'Linux is not ready for mission-critical computing. There are fundamental 
things missing,' pointing out the lack of a development environment and no 
single 'sign-on system' giving reference to Microsoft's foundering .Net 
passport program." I guess Linux can only aspire to the greatness of Windows 
when it has such secure applications as Outlook and Internet Explorer. 
Historically those have been proven to be of a caliber all their own"

Lack of a development environment? Wow, there's some real good crack available 
in Redmond it seems... ;-)

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