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Story: Microsoft U-turn as WMF patch released early
Posted by: Joshua (Thursday 5 January 2006, 10:44 PM)
Spent an evening installing Ubuntu Linux on my laptop a few nights back; best thing I've ever done with it. Why? For free I'm better protected from viruses and malware better than Microsoft's paid customers are.
http://www.ubuntu.com/
The only reason MS released the patch early was because someone fixed the flaw and released an unofficial patch faster than they did, and they wanted to save some face... too bad they dont realize just how many people are still using Win2K that theyre holding back on, or their other OSes that have no need to upgrade.
So you say thats because Linux is in the minority, right? Not such a big or valuable target... not that because Linux is inherently more secure.
Fact of the matter is, I dont care why anymore, I want a machine I can connect to the Internet and actually use without it imploding.
Microsoft should be called to task on this half-hearted attempt to wipe the egg from their collective face.
-- Joshua
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