Didn't know if this was posted to CC, but pretty interesting if you have not seen this article.

Basically, its a hack-a-thon to see which system could be compromised first.

No machine could be hacked via remote attacks on the first day, but OS X was hacked on the second day when direct hacking attempts were allowed.

Vista stood strong until they allowed "common" 3rd party software, and a zero day exploit in Adobe Flash compromised it.

Unbuntu held up, but I it seems as though they stopped trying after OSX and Vista were hacked, so its hard to say how long (if at all) it would have taken for them to get in.

Even though Vista was compromised, its good to see it held up well, and it doesn't surprise me that it was Adobe responsible for the bad code (although MS obviously needs a patch as well to prevent it from happening at all).

Apple has no excuse though since they were hacked via their own browser.

http://www.informationweek.com/blog/...ty_showdo.html