Originally posted here by devpon
Then why is microsoft so gung ho in their writings about linux security?
For the same reason linux zealots are gung-ho about Windows being insecure. Fanboi-ism combined with "OMFG WE'RE BETTA". This guy's (in the parent article, not poster) argument and attack is no different than how Linus bashes OpenBSD's model, or how he also bashes Window's security model. It's just another "fanboi" bashing an operating system method that he doesn't fully understand (this applies to both windows and linux bashers)

Why complain about it? I just try my best to lessen the impact on my systems.
And that's fine. Complaining won't get anyone anywhere, and I can understand from an admin point of view that getting things fixed as much as you can is much more important than ranting.

Tell that to the millions of users who just want to use the computer and not worry about any insecurity in their computers. Is that the right attitude for them to have? Maybe not, but that is the cold hard truth.
Tell that same thing to the millions of users that want to switch to Linux, but when attempting to convert they are met with README and COMPILE_INSTR files that require them to learn far more than they should. Why should an accountant lawyer want to spend a few months worrying about the proper methods for .configure so that it won't conflict with kernel modules? He shouldn't, but that's how it would work for the crossover.

People might not like Window's security that it has by default (NOTE: I said by default, not capability), but they shouldn't have to spend months learning to secure it. I completely agree with you.

People might not like the learning curve of Linux/BSD's, but they shouldn't have to spend months learning to operate it, especially when chances are their company isn't using it.


Both OSes have their ups and downs, different capabilities and possibilities. But the OSes are not the point here. The capability of either is not the point. The point is that the person who wrote this anti-linux article is nothing more than a fanboi of Windows. I wouldn't take his word as official nor as something the rest of Microsoft feels to be true and accurate. I would take his relevance with the same level of humor that I would with a linux-fanboi who is screaming "OMFG LINUX 4EVA H8 WINDOERZ CUZ ITS INSECURE!!111three".