It's not that Microsoft has crappy coders: their programmers are good and motivated. It's not that Microsoft doesn't care about security: they got burnt badly e

It's not that Microsoft has crappy coders: their programmers are good and motivated. It's not that Microsoft doesn't care about security: they got burnt badly enough that they learned their lesson. It's just that there is so much code. A good OpenBSD install, even one with lots of functionality, just has much less trusted code (i.e. code which absolutely has to be correct). And while I do like OpenBSD, it's not unique: the other BSDs are also solid, and Solaris - despite a somewhat bad reputation in some circles - is also pretty good. I'm sure that there are some very smart people working on Windows security; it's just that engineering everything for security beats "features first". [EDIT: thank you for your reply! I'm happy to learn, even if we're unlikely to convince each other...]