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Story: Unix users up in arms at Bill Gates' knighthood

The other point I want to take David Hallowell on is, he claims that : " ....l MS does deserve a lot of the blame too. Imagine buying a car that was advertised for its security features and then someone manages to steal it using a paperclip - the criminal may be the person to blame, but the manufacturer shipped an insecure product despite the knowledge that someone would take advantage. "

Your analogy simply does not hold water in this case.
I am going to give you a quote from CNN on this "MyDoom" virus, which was written by Linux fanatics to cause mayhem and destruction and designed to do as much damage to Microsoft as possible, and bring SCO to it's knees for daring to demand that their stolen property be returned to them.

In the piece entitled "Experts: Vicious worm 'Linux war' weapon" here is a quote:
(http://edition.cnn.com/2004/TECH/internet/01/27/mydoom.spread/index.html)

"While many computer users are savvy about not opening executable files or other attachments that may contain viruses, the latest worm masks itself as an innocuous text document or a file that your computer appears unable to read.

"This one is almost begging you to click on the attachment," said Sharon Ruckman, the head of anti-virus firm Symantec's security response team"

Bill Gates can do a lot of things. But he sure can't stop someone from clicking on an "exe" file and effectively installing a virus on his own computer.
Microsoft has set up a web site for all Windows users telling them what steps to take to prevent such things from happening and has in conjunction with the FBI launched an extended education campaign for Windws users.
Are you saying that if you click on a virus execution file in Lnux or Unix, it won't damage your computer or what?

The analogy you should be giving is someone who buys a car, sees (or des not see) a truck crossing the road, and drives into it, then turns around and balmes the car manufacturerer. It just won't wash.

And another thing, for you Linux/Unix evangelists to say a Linux system is secure is funny.
Why? Because hardly anyone is attacking Linux at all.

The overwhelming majority of viruses are wrtten against Windows , a lot of them (like the "MyDoom" virus) writen by open source/Linux fanatics to do damage to Microsoft.
Linux has basically not been subject to anything close to the virus attacks on Windows. So how can you even dream of saying its more secure than Windows? Cetainly the figures from CERT don't back you up. n fact according to CERT's figures, Windows 2003 server is much more secure than Linux.

Its like sying the French army can fight, just because they strut about and look fierce in their uniforms, when in fact we know for a fact that anytime the Germans decided to take France n the last century, they just came up and gave the French a clobbering, taking only 6 weeks to smoke the French in World War Two!
Same thing with Linux.
In any head to head shoot out, Windows smokes Linux everytime, in every department.