Originally posted by FlashOveride
Ok I can understand that a person likes windows because it is the main operating software for GUI software. I admit I like windows for playing games and for work. Being a web designer I have to use a lot of software out there that is only available in windows. I love to play PC games in which windows is the place for that.

HOWEVER.....to say that windows is even close to being a secure system is nuts. I will admit that Unix is only as good as the person securing it but because of it being open source you know where the security weaknesses are. In windows you only know if microsoft tells you. I admit that my knowledge in security is only at a newbie level. I however have used linux and windows and if the software that I use could be run in Linux I would have no need for windows. I also know that running a webserver on a linux box is so much easier than any windows box.
You would sound so much more intelligent if you got your facts straight *before* posting.


Factoid # 1: Yes windows is the most exploited OS running. This is due to the fact that windows is running more than 85% of the worlds computers. This could be sumed up with the following example.

Example: If 85% of the world's automobiles were ford pintos then ford pintos would have the higest accident rating. Malfunction rating, etc. The more of one thing you have the more attention it's shortcomings get.


Factoid # 2: Yes windows is exploited more often than *nix systems. This could be due to the fact that there are 100,000 more kids online with little to no talent other than download a prog. designed to break into windows. ya know that whole "point-n-click" issue again. Security would be a non-issue if we didn't have a bunch of little **** heads trying to "better" the security of the internet. There are actually many more expliots written for *nix systems than there are for windows. The problem is that the KIDS do not have the skill or knowlege to use them.