Whether Linux or Windows, No Software Is Secure

By EUGENE H. SPAFFORD and DAVID L. WILSON

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As a reader of The Chronicle, you almost certainly use a computer. And odds are that your computer runs an operating system developed by Microsoft, like Windows XP. A growing number of computer enthusiasts, however, are advocating the use of a family of operating systems named Linux.

Unlike Windows, Linux is not owned by an