Is Linux more secure than Windows? That’s the question Forrester Research senior analyst Laura Koetzle attempted to answer in a recent report on the subject, but her analysis may be pouring gasoline on an already flaming debate. Koetzle’s study compares security for Windows and four major Linux providers: Debian, Red Hat, MandrakeSoft and SuSE Linux, now owned by Novell. The analyst chose a window of time, identified the number of security flaws reported for each operating system during that period, and analyzed that data.
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Forrester Study Recasts Microsoft Security
Posted by: John P. Mello Jr. April 1, 2004 01:22 PMIs Linux more secure than Windows? That’s the question Forrester Research senior analyst Laura Koetzle attempted to answer in a recent report on the subject, but her analysis may be pouring gasoline on an already flaming debate. Koetzle’s study compares security for Windows and four major Linux providers: Debian, Red Hat, MandrakeSoft and SuSE Linux, now owned by Novell. The analyst chose a window of time, identified the number of security flaws reported for each operating system during that period, and analyzed that data.