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Re: Critical crypto bug leaves Linux, hundreds of apps open ... by coldtea on Wednesday March 05, 2014 @12:42AM (#7345515)
>The commercial supplier has a financial incentive to get it right Is this why Microsoft dominated the market for 15 years with the worst security model of all contemporary operating systems?

No, that's why Microsoft after XP tightened their security. Because they had an incentive to "get it right".

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Re: Critical crypto bug leaves Linux, hundreds of apps open ... by coldtea on Wednesday March 05, 2014 @04:22AM (#7346121)
>I have better things to do than wait 15 years for a vendor to look at fixing a serious issue.

Perhaps, but that's just one aspect.

For most of those 15 years there wasn't a better supported, friendlier to the common user, with tons of desktop and business software and compatible with almost all hardware, OS available.

They had an even more incentive to get that right first, and they did.

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Re: Critical crypto bug leaves Linux, hundreds of apps open ... by vacri on Wednesday March 05, 2014 @04:11AM (#7346091)
I have better things to do than wait 15 years for a vendor to look at fixing a serious issue.
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