Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Thu 2nd Sep 2004 19:56 UTC, submitted by Jon Cooper
"We evaluated the security features of Windows XP SP2 on a test machine, following a clean install of XP Pro with no configuration changes and no third-party software or drivers installed. We installed XP with the NTFS file system, choosing all of the factory defaults, then patched it with each recommended security update including SP-1 (required), before installing SP2." Read the rest at TheRegister.
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Most people would rather put up with the cheese wholes in their current OS, than install something new and scary. Sad but true. Microsoft knows this too, otherwise they'd be fumbling all over their code to patch things up.
Plus alot of professionals benefit from these security wholes, think about all the firewall guys, the virus checkers, the anti popup, window washers(et al), etc, etc .... For this reason alone you'll have alot of ardent MS fanatics. Why? Because it puts food on their table.
Same could be said about GNU/Linux, *BSD, Solaris, HP-UX, OS X, etc, etc ....