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Can know for sure vs nobody knows. The comparison is clearly in favor of Linux.
by xyproto 6y ago
Can know for sure vs nobody knows. The comparison is clearly in favor of Linux.
- Razengan 6y ago> The comparison is clearly in favor of Linux. Magnitudes of more people use Windows and macOS than Linux* and they have yet to fail catastrophically. * not counting servers and embedded
- _-___________-_ 6y agoThere are far more devices running Linux in the world than Windows & macOS combined. That would seem to be a much more useful comparison than how many people own those devices. Parent post was updated to say "not counting servers and embedded", but dismissing smartphones -- literally the most popular type of personal computing device in the world -- this way seems to completely invalidate the point.
- j88439h84 6y agoI dunno, why do you say that?
- _-___________-_ 6y agoThe parent thread was about possible backdoors; more devices running a piece of software = more surface area for any possible backdoor in that software.
- speedgoose 6y agoThe windows source code is actually readable for very large organizations and governments.
- iso947 6y agoBut not the White hat hacking world.
- megous 6y agoBut can they build it and run it? Or do they have to trust the code is current and matches the binaries?
- speedgoose 6y agoI would belive so. Probably possible to compile and debug but not distribute. There is little information about it. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/sharedsource/ https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/sharedsource/
- j88439h84 6y ago> Can know for sure can know what -- that there isn't a backdoor? I can look at Linux source all day and not find the answer to that.
- xyproto 6y agoWe, as a community, can. One dedicated person, can.