[Golden Eagle]

The good side to this, though, is that with OSS, the patches are released much sooner than their counterparts in proprietary software.

I'm sure it's fashionable in your crowd to claim those things, but studies have proven them to be bogus, and it's been pointed out to you before. Still don't want to believe it? Try linuxsecurity.com as a reference:

A new study from Forrester Research has concluded that the Linux operating system is not necessarily more secure than Windows. The report, Is Linux more secure than Windows? finds that on average, Linux distributors took longer than Microsoft to patch security holes...

postaldave - I also don't like habitual liars.

[for-q-clinton]

Wow, no wonder they get mad at you. You make them eat their words.

That's gotta hurt.