So windows firewall isn't as good as other programs?

You know... I feel really bad for Microsoft sometimes.  If they package a product like IE/Outlook with the operating system, the 3rd party companies and especially the OSS community go up in arms about stifling competition etc.

For years they've been bitching about the “lack of security” in windows.

So Microsoft does some work, patches a huge amount of the OS, adds a firewall that is default turned - on and is usable but not powerful enough to interfere with more robust solutions...

And people still aren't happy.