Linux and OSX are daughters of Unix. Unix was not designed with security as
a priority... it was designed for speed and efficiency to run on a Digital
Equipment Corporation PDP computer that happened to be sitting around
without any operating system on it. In graduate school, our instructor gave
us copies of the Unix source code and challenged us each night to read it..
and find things like "the place where a new task is born". It is beautiful
code, but not riddled with security features. (In defense of
Unix/Linux/OSX, it has changed quite a bit since those days).
- Brian
John Gilroy argued that once Mac or Linux gained a share of the market
they would become targets and would have more security concerns. Tom
Piwowar countered with the inherent flaws in Microsoft's os which he
deemed the straw stirring the drink. Now Linux has gained a foothold in
the server world and Mac is increasing at the desktop level. Would be
interested to know others' thoughts on these security areas especially as
the three operating systems begin to permit more cross platform
accessibility.
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