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Re: [VulnDiscuss] New Paper Release: Microsoft Windows, a lower Total Cost of Ownership.

From: Travis Good (tgoodmindsecurity.net)
Date: Fri Aug 13 2004 - 18:02:06 CDT


Well, foot, mouth, insert.
Little too quick on the flame, Sorry there Dave, didn't read your article,
before firing at you. With a title like that I had little desire to read
the article, as I figured it was another M$ sponsored "research" paper.
My bad. I suck.

On Fri, 13 Aug 2004, Frank Knobbe wrote:

> On Fri, 2004-08-13 at 16:56, Travis Good wrote:
>> Was this a paid microsoft ad or charity work?
>
> lol....
>
> Have you actually READ the paper? It doesn't discuss TCO, it discussed
> TC0. Note the zero instead of the "oh". It compares Windows to Linux in
> terms of how easy it is to "0wn" a system (meaning to hack it), not how
> cheap it is to "own" a system (in terms of ownership).
>
> With that said, go back and re-read the paper, keeping in mind that it
> discussing "0wnage" :)
>
> A Three Kudos Salute to Dave for this master piece.
>
> Cheers,
> Frank
>
>

Travis Good, CISSP