The turnaround time is also always faster for patches to open source code, the patch arrives before the exploit instead of the second Tuesday of next month like Microsoft does it.

In theory Microsoft Internet Explorer is no less secure than Firefox, but Firefox has never had any successful exploit code in the wild before a patch arrived thanks to it being open sourced and having an immediate auto-update system that ensures that users are protected the second a patch is ready.

I remember that Microsoft fanboys and Firefox detractors used to say that Firefox was only secure because “It only has 1% of the market. Now depending on who you ask, it’s between 20-25% of the market.

How many users does the darned thing have to have before it gets plagued with self-installing malware like MSIE?

It’s not a question of just how many users it has, it’s a question of how good the programmers are, how well the code is audited, and how fast they respond to emergency.

BTW, I’ve never ran antivirus on any of my Linux systems, but if you tell a Microsoft user that you hate antivirus, they have to look at you like you told them you drink the blood of puppies, because massive inefficient software that compensates for a bad OS is commonplace in Windows.

The biggest challenge for them is making something that’s user friendly like OSX and Windows is to a certain point. That’s why Linux fails, it’s too complicated for the average user. And this will fail too if it’s hard to use, no matter if we get all the cool features promised.

If they can accomplish their goal, it would be wonderful. I just don’t see how they can do it. The second they claim invulnerability, someone, somewhere, will prove them wrong just because he or she can.