Why is this a Windows Fault?

How come we keep coming back to the same old argument that every virus is a fault of Microsoft?

I'm so tired of hearing the same argument over and over. Windows isn't perfect but at least when it does get a virus the average end user stands a good chance of removing it. When Linux gets a virus (despite popular belief it does happen) the average user can't get rid of it.

When the days comes that Linux is as easy to use as Windows (and one day it will happen but not just yet) then we can have this discussion. In the meantime rather than blame Bill Gates each user needs to take responsibility for their own computer. System administrators in particular need to take responsibility for those who are unable to take responsibility for themselves.

No system is perfect and it's a difficult task of risk management but if a system gets a virus it's a shortcoming of the system design, policy implementation, user training and ultimately a sign of a lazy, unmotivated or just poorly trained system administrator not Bill Gates.

The IT sector has far too many nerds and not enough people who are good with the other side of things. The policy creation, the user training, the proactive monitoring of things, the implementing new procedures and aggressively getting off their comfortable seat that has moulded to their backside and understanding the limitations of general users.