>From the very interesting /. article: <a href="http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/02/11/007216">http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/02/11/007216</a><div>It seems that Microsoft, their MCPs & CMPs have fallen to a new low. Seems they're rightfully worried about less expensive alternatives to their bloated, buggy, vendor locked-in software.</div>
<div><br></div><div>This is something that comes up all the time when debating Linux vs. Windows. My Windows-loyal counterparts always toss out a bunch of non-facts re: Linux's security, or lack thereof, due it being open source.</div>
<div>It bugs me because all they're doing, like in the story, is just spreading fear to the (non-technical) consumers.</div><div><br></div><div>I read all the comments in this story & there are some really great suggestions. Here are a few links from that article that I thought extremely relevant for the defense of Linux:</div>
<div>The need to take a look at open source in this recession: <a href="http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/01/02/2330237">http://linux.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/01/02/2330237</a></div><div>If Linux is good enough for the NSA, it's good enough for me: <a href="http://www.nsa.gov/research/selinux/">http://www.nsa.gov/research/selinux/</a></div>
<div>A gentleman by the name of Bruce Perens has been making these arguments for a very long time: <a href="http://perens.com/about/bio/">http://perens.com/about/bio/</a></div><div><br></div><div>Some netcraft searches:</div>
<div><a href="http://searchdns.netcraft.com/?position=limited&host=dhs.gov">http://searchdns.netcraft.com/?position=limited&host=dhs.gov</a><br></div><div><a href="http://searchdns.netcraft.com/?restriction=site+contains&host=fbi.gov&lookup=wait..&position=limited">http://searchdns.netcraft.com/?restriction=site+contains&host=fbi.gov&lookup=wait..&position=limited</a><br>
</div><div><a href="http://searchdns.netcraft.com/?restriction=site+contains&host=navy.mil&lookup=wait..&position=limited">http://searchdns.netcraft.com/?restriction=site+contains&host=navy.mil&lookup=wait..&position=limited</a><br>
</div><div><a href="http://searchdns.netcraft.com/?restriction=site+contains&host=airforce.com&lookup=wait..&position=limited">http://searchdns.netcraft.com/?restriction=site+contains&host=airforce.com&lookup=wait..&position=limited</a><br>
</div><div><br></div><div>The latest victim, the French Navy: <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/020909-conficker-worm-sinks-french-navy.html">http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/020909-conficker-worm-sinks-french-navy.html</a></div>
<div><br></div><div>Additionally, which is the world's #1 website today & what OS do they use for their tens of thousands of servers around the world? A: Google & Linux....'nuff said.</div><div>=====</div>
<div><br></div><div>All of this 'spreading fear' stuff reminds me of why the Open Document Format was shot down for use in state governments a couple years back:</div><div><a href="http://techivist.blogspot.com/2007/06/microsoft-still-trying-to-monopolize.html">http://techivist.blogspot.com/2007/06/microsoft-still-trying-to-monopolize.html</a><br>
</div><div><br></div><div>It's from my blog but that video from the Calif. State Assembly is quite chilling.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Hope this helps with your arguments as well,</div><div>--miguel</div>