Which is Riskier: OS Diversity or OS Monopoly?
The article questions whether it is riskier to have operating system diversity or operating system monopoly. The trend of monopoly in the United States corporate computing, which heavily favors Microsoft's "Windows" operating systems, has led to serious security measures. While many believe diversit...
| Publicado en: | Communications of the ACM Vol. 50; no. 8; pp. 112 - 113 |
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Association for Computing Machinery
Aug2007
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