[Dailydave] The long tail of vulnerable operating systems

[dan at geer.org]

 | 
 | One was replaced a year or so ago with an XP machine that was within a 
 | couple of weeks infested with malware. The other two were eventually 
 | shut down still 'clean' as far as I know.
 | 

As I understand the numbers, attacks peak at one
rev level off current.  Ipso facto, either keep
up or fall way behind.  Sort of like nature -- stay
in the body of the herd or hide in the bush but
don't be the tail end of the great mass of animals;
that's where the predators hunt.

--dan