You're wrong and you're right. Linux isn't necessarily secure--different flavors and distros offer different levels; some are even designed to be insecure (for testing purposes). But out of the box most distros are ahead of XP, and likely 7--and it has the potential to be *very* secure.
Actually security isn't the reason Linux hasn't made headway in the office. Active Directory and the integration it offers have a lot to do with that. Also MS is at a huge advantage because so many enterprise applications (Symantec Backup Exec, Photoshop, etc.) are all supported on Windows but aren't all supported on other platforms--and they integrate better with Windows shops.
I'm with you on sticking with XP, on my Windows boxes--but on my main system, and for what I plan to do long-term, I've dropped MS altogether and switched to Xubuntu.
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