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To: PJ Strifas who wrote (56573)	3/11/2001 5:22:01 PM
From: dybdahl	Read Replies (2) of 74651

Yes - this is another fatal problem for Microsoft. Linux and Windows are comparable in security shortly after release - the big difference is that Linux flaws get corrected extremely fast and at a very low TCO. Microsoft software is so tightly integrated, that it is difficult to upgrade one part of the software without to upgrade many other parts. Microsoft doesn't design Windows components to work with old versions of other components - they just design the installation program to upgrade all the necessary components automatically. This makes upgrades very unpredictable and often irreversible. Security has never been the strong side of Microsoft software, and there is still a long way to go. Lars.

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