Actually there were about 45 flaws found in Mandrake Linux 8.2 this year. But keep in mind that the number of security flaws found in a system have absolutely no bearing on the actual security of the system. The security is up to the administrator, in my case I check http://www.mandrakesecure.net daily for updates and patches. A good Windows admin will do the same and the security will not be a problem.

bdhoff dont confuse the ssl issue with a MS specific problem. *nix systems using SSL were forced to update too.

Spinnaker I truly doubt that MS would purposefully put malicious code in their programs, after all, they use them too.

Its easy to look at the number alone and assume the microsoft isnt doing their job, but the truth is that there have been quite a few *nix vulnerabilities found this year also but since MS is used by so many more people than *nix, the spotlight is on them.