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Believe it or not, a Windows Web server is more secure than a similarly set-up Linux server, according to a study presented yesterday by two Florida researchers.

Well, doh. If you set up a Linux server with the same default settings as Windows, you are bound to get a system at least as insecure as Windows. In order to do this, you have to pretty much disable any security on the Linux server. This not the default on Linux (unlike Windows).

"If you set up a Linux server with the same default settings as Windows, you are bound to get a system at least as insecure as Windows"

Try again.
Read it again, it says : "similarly set-up Linux server"
Similar is NOT equal to the same.
Its like formula one racing. All the cars have to obey certain rules about engine size, tyre sizes,, weight, etc etc, but Ferrari have still ended up winning most of the races in recent year,because their car is better (and they have a great driver too).
Windows simply won.