Given Microsoft's internet strategy in which the distinction between internet application and the OS are blurred by extreme integration, it is less certain that the flaws are indeed unrelated to the OS. Both IIS and Outlook are provided with the OS.
While the citing of the many viruses to which Windows alone is vulnerable may not be sufficient. As a programming and computer security professional I can state with confidence that Microsoft's corporate position on security has indeed contributed to a less secure product. Further, the underlying system design (complete reliance on DLL's that any SW provider can replace) has been, and continues to be basically unsecure. I am not an MS basher, but one must be a realist when it comes to computer security. Hopefully MS new security first development strategy will eventually yield a secure MS product.
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Given Microsoft's internet strategy in which the distinction between internet application and the OS are blurred by extreme integration, it is less certain that the flaws are indeed unrelated to the OS. Both IIS and Outlook are provided with the OS.
While the citing of the many viruses to which Windows alone is vulnerable may not be sufficient. As a programming and computer security professional I can state with confidence that Microsoft's corporate position on security has indeed contributed to a less secure product. Further, the underlying system design (complete reliance on DLL's that any SW provider can replace) has been, and continues to be basically unsecure. I am not an MS basher, but one must be a realist when it comes to computer security. Hopefully MS new security first development strategy will eventually yield a secure MS product.