> So by that logic, it is unfair to criticise flash and or Java as Windows security issues?
Uh, yes. They are not Windows security issues.
> Heartbleed and Shellshock are Linux (OS) issues.
No they were not. Run OpenSSL on Windows and you were just as vulnerable to Heartbleed, same as if you ran bash as a CGI service on Windows, or OSX or BSD or VMS or ...
> shift the definition of "Linux" between only the kernel and the entire OS when it is convenient.
No they don't, Linux the OS makes sense in some circumstances, not in others, this is one of those times where it doesn't since we're talking specifically about Linus' work.
Uh, yes. They are not Windows security issues.
> Heartbleed and Shellshock are Linux (OS) issues.
No they were not. Run OpenSSL on Windows and you were just as vulnerable to Heartbleed, same as if you ran bash as a CGI service on Windows, or OSX or BSD or VMS or ...
> shift the definition of "Linux" between only the kernel and the entire OS when it is convenient.
No they don't, Linux the OS makes sense in some circumstances, not in others, this is one of those times where it doesn't since we're talking specifically about Linus' work.