As the worm used a vulnerability is Windows OS
to infect it.
So, is your position that every vendor is
responsible for the consequences if there are
bugs/vulnerabilities in their software?
If so, which OS are we supposed to run? OS X
has 3 times more vulnerabilities than Vista.
Linux kernel - without any apps or added
distro crap - has 2 times as many
vulnerabilities! Sustained over the last 3
years, at least! So what are we to do?
Windows Vista is *the* operating system with
most mechanisms in place to protect users
against exploits in MS and 3rd party software.
Linux has only limited protections which are
switched off in most distros anyway. OSX has
next to none. Should Microsoft learn from them?
Or should we blame someone who ran a 10 year
old OS without patching AND let the machines
connect to the Internet?
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