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What you're saying is true, but there's one other thing. Here's the main thing that Linux has over both Windows and Mac regarding security: it's Open Source Software.
If some Microsoft programmer makes a mistake or does something stupid, it's seen by a small handful of people who are accountable only to themselves for the quality and security of the code.
If a Linux contributor makes a mistake or does something stupid, their work is right out in public, reviewed and considered by hundreds, possibly thousands of people before it's even merged into the code tree. That doesn't necessarily mean there are fewer bugs, but it does mean that naive or thoughtless code doesn't stand much of a chance of making it into the product. Public accountability is probably OSS's strongest card, security-wise.
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