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Source: ZDnet.com - Posted by Ryan Berens

Crispin Cowan, the Linux security expert behind StackGard, the Immunix Linux distro and AppArmor, has joined the Windows security team.
Originally posted by a blogger over at Microsoft. It's interesting though - what is making Microsoft go for Linux security professionals? Is there something inherently more effective about security developers with an Open Source background? Something else?

Read this full article at ZDnet.com

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MS has linux systems

Written by Allen on 2008-01-26 14:43:04

So it comes as no surprise they would need linux security experts, generally speaking. I doubt it has anything at all to do with open source, and certainly there is nothing "more effective" about OSS developers in a security setting.

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