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The Truth about OS Security and Patches
Many system administrators at small and mid-sized businesses believe that the more secure they think their operating system is, the less likely they need to install a patch. Are they wrong?
If it were up to Hassan Michael, none of his customers would be running Windows. He is the IT project manager at Resilire Systems Computing, a Miami, Fla.- based IT services company that caters to small and mid-sized businesses. He deploys Windows to his customers only because, he says, "most people are accustomed to using" the dominant operating system (OS). But to him, the various brands of Linux are inherently more secure than anything that's coming out of Redmond, Wash.
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