On Mon, Sep 15, 2008 at 1:53 PM, justin <justin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > David Fetter wrote: > > 2. Security: Patches, > > When they get good and ready. There are outstanding security issues > in Oracle that have been there for years. > > > Isn't that all software out there?? No it's not. It is true of an aweful lot of commercial software, but most open source packages fix SECURITY issues pretty quickly, usually < 1 month. Witness apache, the linux kernel, postgresql and so on.