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Story: Exploit code threatens older Windows

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Posted by: Oldator (Friday 18 November 2005, 1:28 PM)

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"Some security researchers, however, note that Microsoft has been known to take at least 200 days or more to issue a security patch, once the company has been notified of a problem."

How about the 19 or so that are still unpatched from last year? When I get notified of a Linux problem the patch is usually out in a few days. But, then Linux isn't
a Gates product.

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