Windows v Linux security: the real facts

What's the truth? For every claim there is, somewhere, a counterclaim. But until now there has been no systematic and detailed effort to address Microsoft's major security bullet points in report form. In a new analysis published here, however, it sets out to correct this deficit, considering the claims one at a time in detail, and providing assessments backed by hard data.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/10/22/linux_v_windows_security/