Explaining his point further, Perens said, "The number of Windows systems penetrated by automatic viruses--rather than manual penetration that this report studies--is tremendously greater. Linux is still more secure, it's just the fact that this report doesn't count automatic viruses."
"The report really did everyone a disservice by not pointing out that viruses are the main problem," Perens said. "When someone studies a restricted subset of the problem and by looking at that restricted subset makes the conclusion come out the opposite of what it would otherwise be, we have to question the motivation behind the study."
Perens also noted that with the rise of Linux, the growing number of negative reports and comments about the open-source operating system shouldn't come as a surprise. "When you're on top, you're going to get hit more," Perens said.
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