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Subject: Re: Windows XP Second Edition

Author: Anthony Boynes

Date: 20:29:38 03/24/02

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On March 24, 2002 at 23:26:29, Slater Wold wrote:

>On March 24, 2002 at 23:25:14, Anthony Boynes wrote:
>
>>On March 24, 2002 at 23:22:05, Slater Wold wrote:
>>
>>>If you want to get technical:
>>>
>>>Windows 2000 was released on February 17th, 2000.  It has had 2 Service Packs,
>>>and 4 security "patches".
>>>
>>>Linux 7 (RedHat) was released on September 25th, 2000.  It too, has had 2
>>>Service Packs, and 4 security "alerts".
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>I get security updates emailed to me from Microsoft and Red Hat, among other
>>places.  Trust me, there are far more security updates for both operating
>>systems.
>
>This is an offical tally from their websites.  There are a lot more "alerts"
>however, these are the security problems that require you to download and/or
>modify something on your OS.


A casual rummage through both web sites would easily turn up at least a dozen
security updates on both sides, where you actually have to patch or modify some
portion of the software.

I know.  I have to install the damn things on all our servers.



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