MS and other closed source vendors like to say because their source is closed they are more secure. In other words the fact that others do not have access to the code any zero day vulns will be kept under wraps and not pose a danger to the userbase. Listen to this podcast to find out how MS figured out that logic is completely wrong and how dangerous this philosophy is.
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