An Argument for Why Windows Will Go Open Source

Re:An Argument for Why Windows Will Go Open Source by 8draco8 on Thursday August 31, 2017 @09:50AM (#15140255)

Your Windows installation is insecure full stop. No matter when you patched. Even if all vulnerabilities would be patched then there are still backdoors siting and waiting to be exploited.

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Re:An Argument for Why Windows Will Go Open Source by d44m on Thursday August 31, 2017 @09:58AM (#15140314)

So is your Android, iOS, macOS and every linux flavour out there. What's so special about Windows being insecure?

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Re:An Argument for Why Windows Will Go Open Source by cliffy on Thursday August 31, 2017 @11:42AM (#15141068)

Closed-source just ups the uncertainty about security. I'm not saying open source is a panacea, but I think in general it increases certainty about security to some extent.

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Re:An Argument for Why Windows Will Go Open Source by sigi45 on Wednesday September 06, 2017 @04:18PM (#15186791)

You remember the OpenSSL debacle?

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