I just went to CERT's website and copied down the whole list of flaws, and realized most of them are not OS related... so i then went down the list for the Window OS's flaws and copied down only the ones starting with Microsoft, and went down the list for Unix/Linux and copied down only the entries with Multiple Vendor. Then, i removed the entries with (Updated), and the resulting list was: Microsoft: 120 Unix/Linux: 192
Then, under the Microsoft list, i just selected the ones starting with Microsoft Windows, and similiarly under Unix/Linux, selected just the ones starting with Multiple Vendor Linux Kernel (not including Linux Kernel 64 bit). Then, the results were: Microsoft Windows: 43 Unix/Linux: 77
Any thoughts, anyone? That seems suspiciously low for windows problems, but dispite Microsoft's image, i do think that they're doing a lot better security wise than before, and doesnt deserve ALL of the crap that they're getting from a lot of the people here. Seeing all the Updated tags on the Unix/Linux list, it does seem, and i do know, that the community responds a lot faster to any flaws found, but still, Windows i think should really be given fairer treatment for what they're doing to try to fix their problems.
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I just went to CERT's website and copied down the whole list of flaws, and realized most of them are not OS related... so i then went down the list for the Window OS's flaws and copied down only the ones starting with Microsoft, and went down the list for Unix/Linux and copied down only the entries with Multiple Vendor. Then, i removed the entries with (Updated), and the resulting list was:
Microsoft: 120
Unix/Linux: 192
Then, under the Microsoft list, i just selected the ones starting with Microsoft Windows, and similiarly under Unix/Linux, selected just the ones starting with Multiple Vendor Linux Kernel (not including Linux Kernel 64 bit). Then, the results were:
Microsoft Windows: 43
Unix/Linux: 77
Any thoughts, anyone? That seems suspiciously low for windows problems, but dispite Microsoft's image, i do think that they're doing a lot better security wise than before, and doesnt deserve ALL of the crap that they're getting from a lot of the people here. Seeing all the Updated tags on the Unix/Linux list, it does seem, and i do know, that the community responds a lot faster to any flaws found, but still, Windows i think should really be given fairer treatment for what they're doing to try to fix their problems.