Vista more secure than Linux and Mac OS X?
Security Strategy Director in Microsoft's Trustworthy Computing group Jeff Jones, on Thursday published a report claiming that in the first six months of the Vista life cycle fewer serious security vulnerabilities have been found in Microsoft’s newest OS, compared not only to Windows XP, but also all major enterprise Linux distributions and Apple's MacOS X.
According to Jones, Microsoft has patched 12 out of 27 disclosed Vista vulnerabilities in the first six months since its public release. In comparison, Microsoft's security team patched 36 out of 39 known bugs for Windows XP in its first six months, while Ubuntu 6.06 LTS and Apple’s Mac OS X had 63 out of 74 and 60 out of 76 bugs fixed respectively also in their first six months. The report cites other popular Linux distros as well.
Of course, you should know better than blindly believe Microsoft’s claims regarding its OS security.
