Microsoft Emergency Patches

According to the last security now edition that vulnerability was actually discovered about three months ago (Dec 20th) and reported to Microsoft at that time.

http://www.twit.tv/sn
 
Guys Windows will almost never be without exploits so update often
 
bwana said:
According to the last security now edition that vulnerability was actually discovered about three months ago (Dec 20th) and reported to Microsoft at that time.

http://www.twit.tv/sn
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Miller defended Microsoft's decision, saying that because the .ani flaw could affect other applications it required a great deal of testing. "The amount of time taken to patch was appropriate given the level of quality we were trying to release with," he said.
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Thats fair, when you have hundreds of millions of people using your O/S you cant just release an overnight patch without testing it thoroughly, there are probably ALOT of processes that need to be followed before a patch can be released..
 
nivek said:
Thats fair, when you have hundreds of millions of people using your O/S you cant just release an overnight patch without testing it thoroughly, there are probably ALOT of processes that need to be followed before a patch can be released..
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Overnight - of course not however three months is 90 'overnights'.

Fortunately others managed to offer patches before m$oft decided to acknowledge there was a flaw in their precious vista. ;)
 
WKJ?:beanie said:
Well, would you have preferred it if Microsoft didn't release a patch at all? :rolleyes:
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I don't buying into the better late than never approach. Close the door before the horses bolt even if it tapers sales.
 
bwana said:
I don't buying into the better late than never approach. Close the door before the horses bolt even if it tapers sales.
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Well said, but it's not always possible to test every possible real-world situation that an OS goes through. You'd wait forever to get a new OS if they have to be secured that way. We'd all be stuck in DOS! :eek:
 
WKJ?:beanie said:
Well said, but it's not always possible to test every possible real-world situation that an OS goes through. You'd wait forever to get a new OS if they have to be secured that way. We'd all be stuck in DOS! :eek:
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They've known about the vulnerability since December . . . they fixed it in April.
 
no the patch came in april, it doesn't mean they weren't working on it all this time...

Why is it a five star sin for Microsoft to release updates when Almost every game out there since the beginning of gaming has needed patches updates, be it they received them or not is not the point. How many patches did QUake3 have? Unreal etc... All those games are not even an 8th in size compared to an OS from Microsoft yet nobody comes down hard on them....

MS never claimed to be perfect, but on that scale and with that much flexibility nobody comes close. Yes we should complain as that will at least keep them on their toes, but there's a line where all just sound sorry :(
 
ShockG said:
no the patch came in april, it doesn't mean they weren't working on it all this time...

Why is it a five star sin for Microsoft to release updates when Almost every game out there since the beginning of gaming has needed patches updates, be it they received them or not is not the point. How many patches did QUake3 have? Unreal etc... All those games are not even an 8th in size compared to an OS from Microsoft yet nobody comes down hard on them....

MS never claimed to be perfect, but on that scale and with that much flexibility nobody comes close. Yes we should complain as that will at least keep them on their toes, but there's a line where all just sound sorry :(
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Well said! Exactly the point I was trying to make.

/me applauds ShockG's post
 
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