Reasons to Avoid Microsoft

Well, you know I have a deep cynicism about Microsucks and Windoze, even if you haven’t read or heard it from me, the title gives it away.

So I was happy to see that some real people with real brains have created this page entitled Reasons To Avoid Microsoft.  The key/legend is fun before even reading some of the items:

And here’s an insight in to the fundamental problem with the Redmond approach (tip: it’s not about money):

There are advantages to openness per se, though not the one most often cited. Open source developers have got to be more careful and security-conscious than their closed-source counterparts. This encourages a better product overall. There is a corresponding disadvantage in closed-source software: obscurity may inconvenience blackhats a bit and help limit the number of potential attackers, but it works only so long as obscurity is maintained. Secrecy can be useful, but it is a fragile defense. Once the code is released, the software becomes an easier target than it once had been; but because it was developed with the assumption that it would not be released, it is likely to be sloppier and easier to exploit than [Open Source code].

Here’s a good primer on computer security.