Sometime on Saturday 07 October 2006 23:34, Rony said:
Suppose every company that completely uses Linux announces in its ad "We are proud to announce that our organization is completely running on Linux" Then the ad says, "Why Linux" it goes on "Because linux has proved to be very secure and stable and is immune to ...blah blah"
I dont think non-IT companies would be interested at all in placing such advertisements. Many of these companies use separate service providers for installing/maintaining their mail/proxy/foobar servers.
Another case. I don't know if there is anything like an IT insurance but if such a thing comes up, Linux enabled companies would have to pay lesser premium as their systems are anyway more secure. Those who use less secure ;) systems pay more premium as they carry a higher risk.
This too wouldnt be feasible IMO. Its too easy to (deliberately) mess up with any kind of software and put a false claim of insurance refund.
Is there any independent IT or systems security certification that companies can adopt? If it doesn't exist, can some organizations in India start it? I am sure Linux will stand first in every security test. 'Other' insecure systems can be given the low grade.
There are several security systems providers in mumbai alone. I was contacted by one such company a month back. But their marketting dude had no clue what shorewall/iptables was.
Anurag