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Is Microsoft a National Security Threat?

• raxxorrax 5y ago
  No. I don't like it either, but Windows is useful compared to the other listed operating systems. The graph doesn't carry a meaning, since it isn't normalized for distribution and the question doesn't answer anything about the vulnerability of a system. 10 years ago I wouldn't have imagined that I praise Windows for its openness due to general computing, but the other candidates here aren't convincing. MacOS might be an exception still, but it causes even more problems than Linux in corporate environments. It would be nice to have some domain infrastructure for Linux, as that would be a far more secure future for private corporate networks. And not only because of the malware threat.
  • shanonymous 5y ago
    How can macOS cause more problems than Windows when its TCO is 1/3-1/6th that of Windows while Linux is around 1/3? Productivity loss being the #1 IT expenses/driver of TCO, it’s hard not to see Windows as an idiot tax comparatively.
• rurban 5y ago
  Not Microsoft per se, but companies who use such an insecure OS in critical infrastructure