MY PERSONAL point of view is that the statistics presented are suspicious. I definitely agree here. A summary statement like "Vista has fewer flaws" can be completely misleading. Rarely do summary statements capture what a survey ACTUALLY measured.
That said, I think there is also something else at work here. My gut feeling is that Vista is less of a target for finding flaws right now than Windows in general has been for many years.
Vista isn't being used by the vast majority of corporate America. In general the most interesting systems to find flaws in are the systems that corporations use not your average Joe consumer's machine.
There are other more interesting things to find security holes in at the moment. Security flaws in Windows is kind of old news and Vista has pretty much been a flop. I think we are beginning to see a shift in the OS market, and I don't think Vista is a major player. Microsoft's next OS may be, but I don't think Vista will.
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- Vista isn't being used by the vast majority of corporate America. In general the most interesting systems to find flaws in are the systems that corporations use not your average Joe consumer's machine.
- There are other more interesting things to find security holes in at the moment. Security flaws in Windows is kind of old news and Vista has pretty much been a flop. I think we are beginning to see a shift in the OS market, and I don't think Vista is a major player. Microsoft's next OS may be, but I don't think Vista will.
Just my $0.02