'Trustworthy computing' -- any progress?

The San Francisco Chronicle looks at how Microsoft's initiative is doing as it comes up to its first anniversary on January 15. Surely will no one will argue with the sentiment that Microsoft should and must do better. However, as InfoWorld points out in a story on Linux: "Studies from the Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) showed that open-source and Linux software accounted for some 16 of 29 security advisories during the first 10 months of 2002. Microsoft products only had seven advisories, or about 25 percent, during the same period of time." It's not a black and white issue, even if Microsoft is a darker shade of grey....