"Turner has had no problems applauding Vista SP2's superiority
over rivals open source Linux and Apple's Mac OS X Leopard,
although he has failed to offer any details related to the OS
security-measuring content besides his perspective. At the same
time, the Redmond company's COO has indicated that Windows 7, the
software giant's next iteration of Windows will also be more secure
than Linux and Leopard.
""Vista today, post-Service Pack 2, which is now in the
marketplace, is the safest, most reliable OS we've ever built. It's
also the most secure OS on the planet, including Linux and open
source and Apple Leopard," Turner states. "It's the safest and most
secure OS on the planet today. Everything that we've learned in
Vista will be leveraged in Windows 7." Microsoft's COO underlines
that Vista's laurels were earned with a consistent effort. "When
you look at Vista, you know what? The toughness, the tough launch
that we had with the release of Vista was very brutal. The first 18
to 24 months in market was tough. Why was it tough? Because we
locked that product down to fix a lot of the security
problems."
