Also, Microsoft has the tendency to roll multiple fixes into one patch, while Linux patches are distributed individually. This was also discussed earlier when a MS-leaning organization noted that Firefox had more fixes than IE in the 3rd quarter of this year - but if you counted the individual fixes in the few Microsoft patches, the scales tipped well in the other direction.
So, if each patch has 6 fixes in it on average, then there were 222 real fixes. (Not that I know actual numbers. There's a few other comments that invite "read between the lines", like "imaginary IT departments". Later, Ray > -----Original Message----- > From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of ADAMS Steven > Sent: Wednesday November 16 2005 14:52 > To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU > Subject: Re: Windows Server thrashes Novell's Linux > > The first sentence says it all "Microsoft-funded research". I > think, at this point, we all know exactly what that means. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of John Summerfied > Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2005 2:33 PM > To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU > Subject: Windows Server thrashes Novell's Linux > > > This came as a surprise to me: > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/11/16/microsoft_takes_stick_ > to_novell/ > > "... found the Linux system required an eye-watering 187 > patches while Windows needed just 37." > > "... Novell system suffered 14 "critical breakages" while the > Windows system suffered none." > > Comments? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
