It's been at least a week since the last bout of Microsoft FUD hit the wires, so I guess it was time for a new wave. Today's FUD comes from an article Microsoft released on how its security compares with that of Linux. It should come as no surprise that Windows comes off as the Second Coming while Linux is left on the wrong side of Acheron.

It's amusing to watch Microsoft attempt to claim the moral high ground with security. Pat Edmonds, Senior Product Manager for Microsoft, writes that the "many eyes makes all bugs shallow" aspect of open source doesn't work for security, and points to several studies that purportedly confirm that Windows is more secure than Linux:

In reality, the "many eyes" mantra for Linux security has largely been disproved for two primary reasons. First, it assumes that all of the "eyes" are qualified to know what they are looking for. In reality, security expertise is not widely distributed across most users, but is actually a fairly rare and valued skill set.

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