Originally posted by diffusionx
Good point, all OSes are flawed because humans are. However, Linux and OSX are far better operating systems; theyre a lot more well designed and, as a result, have less security problems because good design will solve many problems.
Windows, on the other hand, has been shoddily, hastily written for years, compromising security for features becase features sell. Do it for long enough, and youre left with this shoddily written software thats flawed at the very core because nobody decided to sit down and say "hey, before we do this, lets make sure its secure".
Even Microsoft admitted this.
I mean, just look at Outlook Express for proof of it - it lets you run cute little macros and scripts to "enhance your email", but they also allow malicious programmers to whip up nasty viruses in VB in a day or two. Microsoft hastily integrated the IE code into the core of Windows (and OE), which makes security lapses on the browser side that much worse.
Yes, if Linux and OS X had a larger market share, more holes would be found (and, indeed, more holes HAVE been found in Linux as the market has been growing), but it would never approach Windows-like numbers, because both of those OSes are well-designed.