Ha! Too funny! 11 million lines of code for a kernel is very light now adays! Windows Vista uses over 29 million lines of code for the basic and 38 million lines of code for the kernel under ultimate. Linux Kernel developers should be applauded!
The article suggests that with that many lines of code and the frequency of revisional changes it must be unmanageable. I would therefore contend that maybe M$ and Mac which are both considerably larger OS’s with a much smaller programmer base than worldwide Linux has would fall under more direct concern.
The article goes on to point out that there is need for concern over some 5000 to 10000 Kernel failings. Interestingly, they make bold statements without factual examples or support. True the kernel fails under various specific formats, but I guess they can squawk and ignore all the Windows crashes plaguing almost every user at one time or another.
Yes we all need to be concerned about security of system in use everywhere. Question is though, how much is due to user/IT configuration issues, and how much is from either current vulnerabilities or new threats?
IMHO I’ll stick with Linux far more likely than to use the well known buggy unsecure M$ alternative.