[Hodar]

This aspect is much like finding fault with a Cadilac for being easy to steal. The Cadilac was built for comfort, not security. Windows was designed for the average user, to become a useful cog in the technology industry. Windows is designed to work with a plethora of different hardware products, all using specialized software, on different processors, all operating at different speeds, as a base of yet another group of software applications doing 'God knows what' to hardware and software components. Do you think Windows anticipated connecting digital video recorders, morphing the pictures, adding sound plus internet security when it was written back in the 80's?

The public has clamored for features, but only a small minority have demanded security. Market demand determines marketing strategy. I think MS has done a wonderful job, trying to please bazillions of customers, all running near unique configurations; while keeping the OS fairly stable, adding features, and EARNING the marketshare they have acquired. If ONLY the leadership at Apple were 10% as competent.

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There are not 50 people constantly banging on a Cadillac trying to get in 24 hours a day. If we lived in a world like that people would want a secure Cadillac. Trust me, corporations that depend on MS want security, not features.

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This aspect is much like finding fault with a Cadilac for being easy to steal. The Cadilac was built for comfort, not security.

Well I don't agree with this analogy. This more like an M1A2 Abrams Battle Tank not being able to handle small arms fire. Windows is designed to be used on the Internet, it should be able to handle "Script Kiddies" like the Abrams can handle small arms fire.

Windows was designed for the average user, to become a useful cog in the technology industry.

Then why can Apple do it? Its designed for the average user and generally described as more user friendly than Windows.

Do you think Windows anticipated connecting digital video recorders, morphing the pictures, adding sound plus internet security when it was written back in the 80's

Apple did. Apple had TCP/IP networking technology built into Mac OS before there was a World Wide Web. Apple even had a website before Microsoft.

If ONLY the leadership at Apple were 10% as competent.

They aren't the ones standing up in front of crowds saying, "Our products have so many holes that swiss cheese is jealous!".