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How using Linux on endpoints can fix the monopolistic security software problem


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Yesterday, a small update to a central security component of many Windows client systems in corporate environments inflicted possibly the single biggest IT outage in history, leaving millions of endpoints in an unbootable state. This led to major industries ceasing production, flights being canceled, and medical operations having to be rescheduled on an unprecedented and unimaginable scale. If you as a business choose to go with Linux on your endpoints, you have options in selecting your user space stack, your distributor, your security provider.

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