A Windows worm or virus can spread it's plague to hundreds of other Windows computers in just a few seconds. So far, Macs have not experienced that problem.
I would like to see a fully patched and secured Windows 2003 server with the same rules and see how long it would take to get in.
Not really. I've hammered away for days at a server before gaining access to it.
I think the longest it's taken me to crack one was a couple weeks.