Jim Lawrence
accessd at shaw.ca
Sat Jan 25 11:20:26 CST 2014
Hi Shamil: That is good to see. It is not good for a market to be too one sided...where there is plenty of choice, strong competitors, great products are created. Jim ----- Original Message ----- From: "Salakhetdinov Shamil" <mcp2004 at mail.ru> To: "Discussion of Hardware and Software issues" <dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com> Sent: Saturday, January 25, 2014 2:35:00 AM Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Ubuntu Linux is the most secure OS Hi Jim -- > what about Windows? MS Windows and MS Windows Mobile seems to be recovering: " Surface’s Solid Quarter Lends Credibility To Microsoft’s Strategic Choices" http://techcrunch.com/2014/01/23/surfaces-solid-quarter-lends-credibility-to-microsofts-strategic-choices/ -- Shamil Friday, January 24, 2014 5:31 PM -07:00 from Jim Lawrence <accessd at shaw.ca>: >Hi All: > >According to the UK government Ubuntu Linux 12.04 was the clear winner when it came to security. > >http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/linux-and-open-source/linux-the-clear-choice-for-security/?tag=nl.e099&s_cid=e099&ttag=e099&ftag=TREd8c0fa8# . > >The link to the full UK government evaluation is as follows: > >https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/end-user-devices-security-guidance--2 > >and Canonical's summarization graph PDF: > >http://insights.ubuntu.com/wp-content/uploads/UK-Gov-Report-Summary.pdf > >Things of course can change rapidly and there have been many improvements to Ubuntu 12.04 as the current version is now 13.10 and new improved version will be arriving in April. Rest assured Ubuntu will be striving for a perfect score but what about Windows? > >Jim >_______________________________________________ >dba-Tech mailing list >dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com >http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech >Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com -- Салахетдинов Шамиль _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com