David Thomas: Ubuntu Security Notice another win for Linux

David Thomas looks at this week’s OpenSSH vulnerability and he calls it a win for Linux. And you know what? He’s right.

David calls it a win because of the way Linux distros were proactive in getting the word out. Alerts were posted on blogs, forums made sure people knew what was going on, and even Launchpad purged possibly risky users keys. Plus other community efforts made sure the word got out just as far as possible including LoCos, LUGs, and even user to user messages got out to make sure everyone possible knew what was going on, as well as what was needed to resolve the vulnerability.

David also points out that he’s never seen Microsoft get the word out when a vulnerability was discovered, literally beating the bushes to spread the word as far as possible.

I’ve never seen Microsoft handle anything they way this was. This issue did not make me think Linux was less of a system on the contrary I now know the decision to move to Linux was the right thing to do. Again it’s the community that really makes Linux shine, we care about each other, or at the very least Linux users really do believe in if you scratch my back I’ll scratch yours. Yep, I’d call that a win.

Me too, David. Me too.