Bad Linux

Bob George plug-discuss@lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us
Mon, 21 May 2001 17:23:34 -0700


"Trent Shipley" <tshipley@symbio-tech.com> 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.

I'm sure what they meant was "mean time for a virus-exploit to be applied to
the average system". A simple misunderstanding, surely.

- Bob