Closed source phones more secure than open

Hairy1 writes: "The New Zealand Herald has printed a story quoting from security software firm F-Secure who say that "If Android becomes a fully open platform ... and when such a platform becomes more common, risks are greater than with the current platform kings such as Symbian." Ironically this assertion has not been supported in other areas, such as Desktop Linux, which continues to experience very few viruses. In fact if anything Linux is a proven performer in terms of security. Already there is considerable interest in phones like the OpenMoko which will be released this year."