Microsoft should scrap Patch Tuesday
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| So where do we go from here? Back to the future. The value of
| the predictability of the monthly schedule simply doesn't
| outweigh the danger to customers posed by the flaws that go
| unpatched for three or four weeks between cycles.
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http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/columnItem/0,294698,sid14_gci1254457,00.html
Is paying hackers good for business?
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| A security company undertook a high profile hacker contest in which
| a prize of $10,000 was put on offer for anyone who could successfully
| hack the Mac.
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http://www.itpro.co.uk/blogs/editorial-blogs/davey-winder/333022/is-paying-hackers-good-for-business.thtml
Just yesterday:
Microsoft invites hackers back for Blue Hat
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| Microsoft is once again inviting members of the hacking community
| into its Redmond, Washington, campus to show the software giantw
| here it's gone wrong.
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20070510/tc_infoworld/88408
Related:
Experts say Microsoft should consider change in patching process
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| Several security experts criticized Microsoft this week for not
| releasing a fix earlier for the Windows ANI flaw, calling for the
| company to reassess the way it handles critical patches.
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http://www.scmagazine.com/us/news/article/649115/experts-say-microsoft-consider-change-patching-process/
http://tinyurl.com/2felu2
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