OK... so you don’t like Microsoft. Big deal.
Sure, I’ve got a bunch of linux boxes. They’re good for some things. I’ve got a bunch of Windows boxes too. And Mac boxes. Until recently I also had some VMS. Of the hundreds of servers I’m responsible for I don’t really have any chronic problems with *any* of them, or I wouldn’t have them. They do what they do and they all do it pretty well.
If it makes you happy to just simply hate Windows, well... then go for it.
You know, I've never come across someone who said, "I have hundreds of Windows systems and they all have malware on them!"
But someone out there has the bot-infested machines because a substantial portion of the installed base of Windows machines is infected with at least one bot.
Bot software isn't like the days of Nimda or CodeRed where an infection takes your network down. The new software goes out of it's way to be unobtrusive. A box that runs badly or fills up the network gets formatted. That does the botnet owner no good at all.
They do what they do and they all do it pretty well.
Well, I suppose so. If you mean they do a great job of acting as hosts for botnets and other malware, then yeah.
If it makes you happy to just simply hate Windows, well... then go for it.
Of course, that's it! I just hate Windows. THAT's why 70% of the spam on the Internet comes from zombied Windows machines.
If I could just stop my hate it would all go away, right?
I’m still waiting to see that mythical open source Exchange killler.