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[David Minton <dminton AT mindspring.com>]

On 3/2/04 10:42 AM, "Shea Tisdale" <shea AT sheatisdale.com> wrote:

> Michael Czeiszperger wrote:
>> 
>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3485972.stm
>> 
>> This little bit of wisdom is interesting... MS is now claiming that
>> releasing patches to fix security holes is a security risk.  I find it
>> hard to believe that in all of the versions of windows out there "We
>> have never had vulnerabilities exploited before the patch was known."
> 
> This is right up there with their list of known defects in their software
> they have no intention on fixing.  I think David Minton will recall that
> list from when we bought office at one point.

At least MS was honest about it. They don't want their customers to stick to
current (paid for software), when they can upgrade (and pay more) to get
around the defects.

David