Thread: [Merged] Microsoft Security Updates
View Single Post
Old 23-07-2004, 11:24   #10
Stuart
-
 
Stuart's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2003
Location: Somewhere
Services: Virgin for TV and Internet, BT for phone
Posts: 26,546
Stuart has a lot of silver blingStuart has a lot of silver blingStuart has a lot of silver blingStuart has a lot of silver blingStuart has a lot of silver bling
Stuart has a lot of silver blingStuart has a lot of silver blingStuart has a lot of silver blingStuart has a lot of silver blingStuart has a lot of silver blingStuart has a lot of silver blingStuart has a lot of silver blingStuart has a lot of silver bling
Re: Microsoft Security Updates
Quote:
Originally Posted by Electrolyte
I can't beleive Windows has so many bugs in it, I know I had to download 130mb's worth of updates when I got linux but they were mostly adding things into the software, not many fixing bugs etc

Microsoft need to get there software sorted is all I have to say.
I don't think Windows has any more or fewer bugs than any software. We were taught at Uni that IBM (who have done a lot of work on bug-tracking systems) found that, on average, there was 1 bug for every 1000 lines of code. They tested software written for all operating systems (including Linux).

Another way of looking at it is that somewhere around 95% of the worlds PC's use Windows. This means there are more hackers looking for faults. Of course more bugs will show up.

At least Microsoft are regularly releasing patches.
Stuart is offline   Reply With Quote