Red Hat vs Windows vs Apple

Despite the name of this article, I won't give you a race head to head with these 3 major operating systems, because Linux vs Mac OS vs Windows is a very long story that usually ends when fan boys get into the game and start throwing flames at each other. I don't want to say, I don't even want to think about which one is better, because today there are two big things to talk about - Red Hat's earnings, and the capability of Apple an Microsoft to patch flaws in their products.


Red Hat Inc. said on Thursday that its revenue in the fourth quarter got up with 7 percent, reaching $22 million, compared to $20.5 million, one year earlier. Their CEO, James Whitehurst, said "The momentum of open source solutions is strong and growing, and we believe there is a significant opportunity to expand our presence with existing customers and the many companies and industries that have only just begun to adopt open source solutions in a meaningful way," but I guess they have to do much more to really challenge Microsoft or Oracle, but it's always good to see the open source movement doin' all right.

While Apple is teasing Microsoft's ability to provide excellent security to its customers, it seems none of these two companies is able to patch vulnerabilities in the same day it becomes public. The interesting part is that, according to a recent study, the number of unpatched vulnerabilities at Apple is higher than the one at Microsoft, especially since 2005.

Well, what can I say...first, let's see Apple having at least 20% of Microsoft's user base, and then let's compare things. For now, I think Apple is still outside the line of fire of many hackers, while Windows is assaulted all the time, but things are slowly changing. If this change is going to end up well for us, the users...remains to be seen.

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