THe article seems to miss a crucial point: if everything is so screwed up, why it has been the dominant technology for 24 years? I mean, we are all still there alive and breathing.
I understand your point, but why is Windows a thing?
There are also areas that Linus needs to be more forthcoming about. There needs to be some notification on security holes, so firewall vendors, etc, can develop rulesets to detect and block exploitation attempts before they happen. Additionally, not notifying of security holes makes it harder to analyze whether or not one should expend the resources in testing/deploying a new kernel, or even where to start work on backporting. His desire for security by obscurity is a huge problem here, and really does need to be fixed.
The malware problem did not affect Windows' popularity either.