Re: Which OS is more secure ?

From: Hall, Philip <phall@spss.com>
> > what's your point Phil? The number of vulnerabilities reported
> > is also a function of the number of people looking for such
> > (OS/400 is a good example :-), so shouldn't you normalize
> > the count by the number of people looking or at least by
> > installed base?
>
> I think using either of those cases; # of people looking; or # of installed
> copies still puts Windows as *more* secure than Linux despite the often
> 'perceived' thinking that it's the other way around.
>

Windows NT is (was?) a solid piece of work.
Done by former VAX VMS folks. But doesn't the
counts you refer do include applications as well
rather than the "naked" OS (oops, maybe David's
dirty word checker will kick in?)?
I agree that the hype (that Linux is much better
than NT as far as security is concerned) is
probably wrong.