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Thanks for the heads-up.

FTR, *nix and F/OSS software is often just as buggy as Windows stuff. The differences? F/OSS tends to get fixed _really_really_ fast, where Windows will often take weeks or months to get a fix out. F/OSS fixes generally work pretty well, straight out of the box, where the Windows fix ... well, half the time, it's better to go with the security problem than suffer through trying to patch your software. F/OSS software is also used relatively less than M$ stuff, so it tends to make a lot less press than something that effects, say, NetBSD. I mean, if WindowsXP has a bug, that effects 10M people, most of whom couldn't define "security hole" if you hit them over the head with it. If NetBSD has a bug, it effects like 200 people, most of whom are actively involved in development, bug tracking, and the engineering process of making the software better. It won't make the nightly news, is all I'm saying.

Ok, so I exaggerate a little.

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