Das Buch Wer mitmacht, hat Recht!

I just stumbled across an awful article about weaknesses in the Gnu/Linux operating system. It doesn’t start off that bad:

Since Microsoft has a huge chunk of the operating system’s market in the world, it is the first victim of hackers.

The above statement is not entirely wrong, it merely leaves things out. But then it tells a big fat ugly LIE:

...the Linux Operating System doesn’t receive the same level of support as Windows does. That means that updates and security packages are released with each new version of the Operating System (OS), but not as periodic updates…

I mean, while I was reading that concoction my Gnu/Linux operating system informed me of updates I should install. I did not have to wait for PDAY nor check a newsletter or website.

Too bad I can’t call upon the author, because there is none given. The website is dubious at best: spelling mistakes in the footer of the pages, no real names given anywhere, and after a few clicks the site broke for me and displayed only half a page…

Now, I am not disputing the fact about vulnerabilities in Linux, am disputing all allegations in that article because it does not cite one single source! There are no references IN the article – that’s not how you properly write about what you might perceive as facts. That’s how you try to get away with the shitting bull hoping nobody will smell the dung pile.