Bad Linux

[Alan Dayley]

At 02:46 PM 5/17/2001 -0700, you wrote:
>Mean time to patch a known virus-exploited security hole over the last year
>as reported by the Wall Street Journal.
>
>Windows: Overnight.
>Linux: About 7 months.
>Solaris: More than 1 year.

"Mean time to patch" meaning when a person applies the patch to the
affected computer?  If yes, I seriously question the "Windows: Overnight"
statement.  I even question it if it means to when the patch is available.
Overnight is baloney, IMO.

Alan

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