That's not what they proved at all. They simply were created by malicious programmers whose intent is to attack the largest footprint, which M$ clearly has. They also were likely were created by the legions of M$-haters that reside in the *NIX world, who else unashamedly displays such hate?
A perfect example is this Chinese hacker group, who just "open sourced" a whole new worm for Windows late today:
http://news.com.com/2100-1002_3-5055759.html?tag=fd_top
That's not what they proved at all. They simply were created by malicious programmers whose intent is to attack the largest footprint, which M$ clearly has.
Actually, UNIX (all flavors, including Linux and *BSD) holds the largest footprint (65%) whereas Microsoft holds around 25% of the total market. If your imaginary scenario were true, then attackers would be focusing exclusively on UNIX.
As it stands, many a dedicated attacker does focus on UNIX and all its variations...yet none have produced a worm equal in magnitude and severity to Nimda, Code Red, and the others.
Once again, this is proof that open source carries no additional security risk and closed source actually places the user at greater risk since its "security" is based on little more than smoke and mirrors.
They also were likely were created by the legions of M$-haters that reside in the *NIX world, who else unashamedly displays such hate?
I don't hate Microsoft. I just loath businesses that produce shoddy, insecure products while at the same time claiming that Linux is a "threat to national security."
A perfect example is this Chinese hacker group, who just "open sourced" a whole new worm for Windows late today:
http://news.com.com/2100-1002_3-5055759.html?tag=fd_top
Once again, more proof that Windows closed-source "security" is just a disaster waiting to happen.
-Jay