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____/ High Plains Thumper on Wednesday 27 Jan 2010 09:51 : \____
> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>> nessuno on Tuesday:
>>
>>> <Quote> A day after releasing an out-of-band security bulletin for
>>> a vulnerability in Internet Explorer notably exploited in the
>>> recent series of Chinese-based attacks against Google and 30 other
>>> tech companies, new flaws have been discovered in Microsoft's
>>> browser. </Quote>
>>
>>> http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2010/01/one-day-after-latest-fix-microsoft-investigates-new-ie-flaw.ars
>>
>> When is the emergency patch coming? Microsoft only patches urgently
>> not when users are at risk but when Microsoft's business is at risk
>> (e.g. Conficker).
>
> Not even when Microsoft's business is at risk (e.g. EU fines, 1.7
> billion euros).
>
> http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/microsoft-eu-end-current-antitrust-fight-with-deal-to-give-european-users-more-browser-choice/
>
> or http://tinyurl.com/ydyht4h
Microsoft is borrowing money now (and Windows revenue or profit is down 40%).
Microsoft /cannot/ afford more fines.
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