[LINK] Re: Windows XP versus Vista

[Robin Stephens]

On Jan 25, 2008 2:43 PM, David Goldstein <wavey_one at yahoo.com> wrote:
> How much is the security problem with Microsoft products to do with if you attack Windows-based computers you can potentially reach well over 90% of the world's computers and how much is to do with the design of the software?

People keep using this correlation to argue the point of why Windows
has so many viruses but it is unproven that ubiquity is the reason for
so much malware.

"Correlation does not imply causation" is a phrase commonly used in
scientific circles.

The fact that Windows is the most installed *and* most attacked by
viruses does not necessarily mean that one caused the other.

There could be a relationship between the two facts but at this point
it is unproven.  Other factors such as quality of code could also be a
cause.

Robin