You cannot be more stupid.
Says the one who picked an argument when I didn't even loving mention Linux.
I want to use an Operating System that gives the best and highest quality support for the applications I need and want to use on a daily basis. While security is an important factor, I simply don't believe that this issue is enough to say "Microsoft is evil, everybody jump to Linux!!!!", especially when it only affects users on certain devices and have UEFI enabled and when Linux simply
PALES by loving miles in comparison to Windows in terms of what I need out of my computer.
Your "5%" pretentious bullstuff doesn't stack up. Just because something is "open" doesn't make it "good". Microsoft and Apple are extremely tough on who they hire, especially for working on the core of the Operating System. They have extremely smart and competent people, and I would wager (although I cannot prove it) that they have better people on staff than you would find at The Linux Foundation or at the groups which manage the various flavours.
You're also overlooking the fact that once source code goes open,
anybody can read it. It's no longer just the top-tier of hackers and researchers with an expanse of knowledge and technical expertise who are able to penetrate the system; anybody with some basic knowledge of code who spends enough time sitting down reading will eventually find a security hole, and without good intentions they won't have any obligation to fix it or tell anybody. The only reason that Microsoft comes under such scrutiny and has so many viruses is because it's the biggest platform by market-share, which means that professional hackers who are looking to make money are going to focus on the big prize.
I'm sure there's plenty of parts in the Linux core that nobody talks about which are quite iffy.
