Linux has bugs: Get over it
InfoWeek | at | by Mike
Fred Langa contends that some Linux proponents harm their cause by hiding from the facts--it's just as buggy as Windows. I made a private bet with myself when I ran an item in my newsletter called "Linux Hacks On The Rise". It cited a study of software problems reported by CERT--the Computer Emergency Response Team that impartially tracks computing security threats. (CERT is part of a federally funded research and development center at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh.)
Among other things, the article said: "...more than 50% of all [CERT] security advisories ... in the first 10 months of 2002 were for Linux and other open-source software solutions." My only point in bringing up this issue was to show that no operating system is immune to bugs and security issues: As Linux grows in popularity, it will have its own full share of problems. It's hard to imagine a less inflammatory or more obvious assertion--that all operating systems have bugs and security issues--but I won my bet.