When has Microsoft ever been held accountable for anything?

Although you do make one good point *all* OSs have faults. Trying to say that one is more secure than the other is like comparing apples and oranges. Ultimately it depends on the administrator taking care of the machine and the vendor supplying patches for the administrator. Where I do see a problem is when a vendor arbitrarily (well, we know it is not really arbitrary, it is when the vendor needs more money) decides not to support a product anymore.

At least with the open source model, you are not forced into upgrades to fill corporate coffers. You have the ability to a). fix legacy systems yourself, or b). hire a consultant to do that for you. Either way, if it ain't broke, don't fix it (in other words, if you have a system that works fine, why should you upgrade to a buggy beta that is not cheap just to be able to recieve patches??).

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