Microsoft takes a 'Patch Tuesday' break
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| Microsoft has no new security updates planned for Tuesday, despite
| at least five zero-day vulnerabilities that are waiting to be fixed.
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http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6165647.html
This is truly shocking. And here's a good quote that warns of exactly that
sort of thing:
Q: You say that "you can bet your business on Free Software"; how do you back
up that statement?
A: How can you bet your business on proprietary software? If a company is
bought, goes bankrupt or merges or decides to delete a product line you have
no choice but to go with whatever product or path they desire. How can you
plan when the company keeps changing its licensing terms, and you have no
real alternatives? What do you do when the company that makes your software
puts its own profits and its values ahead of yours, the customer? When the
software company holds back on releasing the latest bug fix so it fits its
"release schedule?" When you can't get that one little feature added that
would allow you to streamline your business, save a lot of money and beat
your competition to market?
What happens if that company (no matter where it is) is embargoed?
-- Jon "Maddog" Hall
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