Tag Archives: Software Sagacity

Could Windows Servers Be More Secure than Linux?

SecurityOver the past fifteen years, Linux has built its brand around security and flexibility.  The open source community and many technology aficionados berate Windows for its security flaws, and hail Linux and Apple as the platforms for serious, reliable computing.  Few serious studies have rigorously compared the platforms in the wild, and those that do are often accused of bias.  Temporarily setting aside the prejudice that most have regarding the issue, could it be possible that in certain instances, Windows Servers are indeed more secure than Linux?
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C# Design Patterns: #1 – The Singleton

SingletonThe Singleton is one of the simpler design patterns. As the name suggests, the Singleton creates a single, static, globally accessible class. It is an alternative to global variables and static classes, each which come with their own limitations.

Singletons are excellent areas to store global information, such as database connection strings, system paths, and parsed XML configurations. In addition, Singletons can be used to store global image caches so that images can be shared between functions.
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