__/ [ The Ghost In The Machine ] on Friday 09 June 2006 18:00 \__
> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Roy Schestowitz
> <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote
> on Fri, 09 Jun 2006 05:46:58 +0100
> <2547125.OFoHr8q0Uv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
>> Bumper crop of Microsoft patches on the way
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>> | Microsoft customers should brace for an onslaught of security updates.
>> |
>> | As part of a monthly patching cycle, the software maker plans to release
>> | on Tuesday a dozen security bulletins with fixes for flaws. Nine of
>> | the bulletins address problems in Windows, two relate to Office and
>> | one to the Exchange e-mail server software.
>> |
>> | At least one of the Windows and one of the Office alerts is deemed
>> | "critical," Microsoft's highest risk rating, the company said in a
>> | notice posted on its Web site Thursday.
>> `----
>>
>> How long before these "critical" patches include the public beta of Vista?
>> Same s**t, different version.
>
> It's been done before. The good news: we might not have to pay for the
> official release. :-)
How long before you can replace the words "Windows 98 and Windows ME" with
"Windows 2000 and Windows XP"?
< http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/06/09/434300.aspx >
Gist: Windows 98 and Windows ME are too flawed to be fixed.
>> http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6081634.html
I know what you'll say. Vista Will Fix Everything^tm.
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