.. if you buy there product. (eg)

No. Windows is not more or less secure then others. There are always problems with software.
Only there are more unskilled people using Windows making it unsecure. Can't remember how many people I told "Do not work as admin ..." O.K. for old versions this was de-fault by design, but it goes better now.

The Linux front is simple used by more tech loving people that think about such problems so the problem is limited.

Last security problem on my system must be 20 years ago - and I'm forced to use Windows. Simple rules, plain text e mail, working as user has done for a long time.



>The author is absolutely incorrect regarding security. Go do the research. Every anti-virus company I've looked at has stated that Windows is the most secure desktop OS.
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>>All that said was
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>>Why? Well there are a lot of reasons; but none of them have anything to do with its quality. I use desktop Linux distributions not because of some romantic attachment to free software or because I hate Windows, but because they work better and they’re far more secure than Windows or Mac OS X
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>>All that proves is better tech doesn't always win (at least for the author).
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>>Johnf