Higher hacker insurance rates for Windows systems

[Edward Wigg]

More fuel for the free/open source vs. Microsoft debate?

Article at:
<http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/stories/news/0,4164,2766045,00.html>

Some excerpts:

"J.S. Wurzler Underwriting Managers, one of the first companies to offer
hacker insurance, has begun charging its clients 5 percent to 15 percent
more if they use Microsoft's Windows NT software in their Internet
operations. "
....

"Wurzler found that system administrators working on open source systems
tend to be better trained and stay with their employers longer than those
at firms
using Windows software, where turnover can exceed 33 percent per year."
....

"Given Windows NT's record, Gene Spafford, the director of Purdue
University's Center for Education and Research in Information Assurance and
Security, believes higher insurance premiums may be justified. "NT is more
difficult to install correctly and keep up to date than Linux," Spafford
said. "