On Wednesday, Microsoft CEO Steve Balmmer sends an email to Microsoft's customers, partners, and subscribers, once again falling into the vortex of Windows and Linux, Unix.
Balmer's email is only one of the latest series of states in Microsoft's high-rise. It is also one of Microsoft's e-mail from Balmmer's email on the Microsoft's high-rise. It is also a trustee that Microsoft's threats from open source software and Linux. A context of open source software and threats of Linux.
In the email, Balmim said that the world's customers asked Microsoft and their employees. That is, the open source platform does not really have long-term cost advantages compared to Windows? Which platform provides a more secure computing environment.
Customers have the protection of intellectual property rights and how to determine the risk of risks. At the same time, they still want to know that there is no alternative to expensive UNIX platforms, he said.
But Microsoft faces IBM and HP challenges, both have solutions to help customers and solutions migrate from UNIX platforms - most are removed from the SUN microsystem's SPARC / Solaris platform, turning to Linux.
In his email, Balmmer leads customers to Microsoft's controversy "Maxi" website, and quoted examples on the case survey and research - many of them are sponsored and supported by Microsoft - to verify the premise in his email. Essentially, he said: "Today's Windows platform provides a far super-value level, the availability, ease of use, safety, and productivity."
Balmmer acknowledges that any computer magazine is not likely to leave Linux and open source software, but he added: "Who will do not like a" free ", can anyone repair the operating system?" He Also said that things are not seeing.
He said: "In the big business, an important Linux deployment, or the cost of turning from Windows to the Linux platform will be 3 to 4 times, and even the deployment is 3 times long - and the version of Windows is updated "Balmmer quoted Yankee Group's survey report said that" 9/10 customers think that there is no trouble. "
When talking about system security issues, Balke said that about three years ago, the company will safely put the software in the first place. "Since then, we will increase investment, multi-faceted efforts to improve software quality and development processes, train and guide customers, and cooperate to reduce risks."
"I dare to say that other platforms are never invested like our Microsoft in the safe R & D, process improvement, and customer education." He said.
Balmmer invoked a "Linux more secure than Windows? "The report says: The products of the four Linux distributors are more problems with security performance, and the speed of providing a secure upgrade package is less than Microsoft.
In addition, Balmim is also aimed at Linux's intellectual property security issues: "Today, there is no Linux supplier has a complete intellectual property guarantee. In fact, it is almost impossible to provide user guarantee for open source software." He said, "And this aspect, Microsoft is one of the best companies in the industry."
However, experts with good things have some objections for Microsoft and made a corresponding experiment. Petreley is the editorial director of the former LinuxWorld and worked with others "Linux Desktop Hacks".
Petreley's Linux AS V.3 Linux Enterprise, Windows Server 2003 and Red Hat Linux, Lisu, at least 40 patches / vulnerabilities, compared Linux and Microsoft products by examining three measures. He strictly examines the safety weaknesses of the system, including potential hazards, invasive potential possibilities, public potential possibilities, and some key serious vulnerabilities. Petreley said that even "Microsoft subjective, defective standards", Microsoft still has 38% of its recently released patch, defined as "danger" level. The Red Hat patch and warning emphasized the defects, only 10% are dangerous.
Petreley said he wanted to overthrow Microsoft often used an excuse. That is, because people used by Windows are more than Linux, there are more attacks that Windows. If Linux's users are more, it is also a vulnerability.
He said that if security issues can be attributed to "hacker's goal is always targeted for maximum users", then this conclusion can be launched: Apache and Run Apache's underlying operating system should have more worms, viruses, and in IIS and Windows. Other malignant software.
He wrote this in the report: If the open source software is not safe, "then we should see Apache and underlying operating systems more attack and problems than Microsoft IIS Windows. However, the facts we see are This is the opposite. "
From:
Pacific Computer Network
