Graph of Linux Vs. Windows System Calls

cgrayson recommends Richard Stiennon's blog on ZDNet — a post titled Why Windows is less secure than Linux shows a compelling graphical comparison between system calls on the two operating systems. The blogger tips Sana Security for the images. Quoting: "In its long evolution, Windows has grown so complicated that it is harder to secure... [T]hese images... are a complete map of the system calls that occur when a web server serves up [the same] single page of [HTML] with a single picture."

Poster?

[Anonymous Coward]

Where can I get a high res version of that image to print out poster size? That's great!

Looks good.

[bradsenff]

Those pictures look great.

Suddenly I am hungry for spaghetti.

mmmMmm Food.

Damn. Windows *is* evil. It is making me fat!

nice pics

[Anonymous Coward]

what can I say? I'm impressed, you can click on the larger images and still not see a god damn thing

A single page with a single picture?

[fireman sam]

and I thought goatse was taken down.

I'm so confused

[Anonymous Coward]

Windows is less sucure because more blimps are firing more laser beams at other blimps in its picture than in linux's picture. ??? Wouldn't the larger swarm of blimbs with more lasers make it more secure it has the better army?

Re:Linux developers should take note....

[Fred Ferrigno]

Obviously, the solution is to code everything as a single function. Then the graph will look very nice and tidy.

Re:Pudding graph

[Rycross]

Quote from the article:

This second image is of a Windows Server running IIS.

You are wrong.

Re:Pudding graph

[jimstapleton]

the funny thing is, had you not said something as retarded as "home slice", I wouldn't have verified from TFA:

This second image is of a Windows Server running IIS.

Go back to your cave Mr Troll.

In the boardroom:

[rehtonAesoohC]

Corporate Linux Fanboy: "As you can see here Gentlemen, the Linux web server has far less tubes going everywhere, which means the information travels a shorter distance through these tubes."
Board: "Oooohhh. Ahhhhh. Tubes..." *nod nod*
Corporate Linux Fanboy: "Now as we look at the Microsoft version of the same exact thing, you can see that the tubes snake every which way with no sense of order. Chaos ensues, and the tubes are tangled every which way. Obviously, less tubes means better."
Corporate Microsoft Fanboy: "Your Mom has more tubes!"

Re:Complete FUD

[flyingfsck]

Of course DOS is more secure than Linux. It doesn't do networking...

His Noodly Goodness Does Not Approve

[sehlat]

I have prayed to the Flying Spaghetti Monster [venganza.org] for guidance about these graphs, and yea, verily did He appear before me and said "What? No sauce?" Then he Frowned his Terrible Frown, and did drown my monitor in Parmesan, bellowing "Away, demons!" and vanished.

Not to jump to Microsoft's defense...

[HerculesMO]

But IIS is probably one of their best products, and most secure as far as security bulletins go.

I think the rest has been covered ad nauseum, as far as C versus C++ procedure calls.

that's the path of chairs at a MS board meeting

[swschrad]

write to [e-mail], I'm sure he'll let you have the video ;)

Re:Vista

[Fnord666]

Where is the Vista version?

They're waiting for additional funding for the ink.

Re:Looks good.

[Thrip]

I just happened to think: Do you suppose it would be possible to refactor the Windows graph to make it look less tangled ...?

Yes. The easiest way would be to throw out the Windows code base and start over with a set of competent programmers, then regenerate the graph.

More proof that Windows is the Chosen OS

[davevr]

It seems clear which OS is preferred by the Flying Spaghetti Monster. I feel safe knowing that my web server is doing homage to His Noodly Goodness every time I refresh a page. After all, what is really going to help secure your site: a bunch of fancy-smancy kernel programmers or the divine protection of His noodly appendage?

Re:Poster?

[RazzleDazzle]

Yeah, spaghetti... obey your noodly master.

Next thing you'll be talking about is global warming, then pirates, and the love of Him that is noodly.