LOL, here are the actual facts you obviously know little about.
Secunia has issued a total of 3 Secunia advisories in 2003-2007 for Microsoft Windows Vista.
http://secunia.com/product/13223/?task=advisories
Secunia has issued a total of 266 Secunia advisories in 2003-2007 for RedHat Enterprise Linux 4
http://secunia.com/product/4669/?task=advisories
^^^^^^^^^^^Secunia has issued a total of 3 Secunia advisories in 2003-2007 for Microsoft Windows Vista.^^^^^^^^^^^6
Yeah, because so many people were running Vista in 2003. *sarcasm*
^^^^^^^^^^^^Secunia has issued a total of 266 Secunia advisories in 2003-2007 for RedHat Enterprise Linux 4^^^^^^^^^
You've got a slightly apples/oranges comparison here. RHEL comes with alot more software than windows does.
Comparing XP to RHEL is a better comparison, both have been out longer. And look at Secunia's bottom line for RHEL:
Unpatched 0% (0 of 267 Secunia advisories)
Now look at XP:
http://secunia.com/product/22/
Unpatched 19% (33 of 178 Secunia advisories)
Furthermore, to bring Windows to the same level that Red Hat is at, you also have to include IIS, MS Office, MSSQL, photoshop, and several other packages that isn't included with a default install of windows.
You have no argument.
Let me repeat that, you have no argument.
I can guarantee you that you *DO* *NOT* want to also include those products into your argument in order to put both on the same playing field. The amount of exploits..... I have little doubt that the number would be in the thousands, compared with RHEL's 267.
I'd like to see Red Hat release a stripped down version of RHEL that only includes a text editor, a basic paint program, and other OS basics that windows comes with..... Just for comparison purposes re: Secunia. They would easily win.
RHEL would win hands down. I've read those security bulletins before, alot of them are the packages installed.