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Yah know what I've done recently...I tell the client to pick some of their favorite colors.
I know the feeling! I used to do Web design and graphic design for a
living, and I don't think I'd ever go back to it. "No, I want it to be
bright yellow and K-Mart green and flashing!"
thought Windows was an operating system. (Like, I'm using Windows 98.)Carole Hall said:What is the difference between Windows hosting and Linux/UNIX hosting? I
That's just simply a false statement. Microsoft's security team does not
release updates monthly. I'm not sure where they got their information, but
I happen to know first hand that this is not true.
My point is that the information is not accurate as of April 2004. As I
said, I know first hand that they are released more often than once a month.
In fact, anyone who has Windows Update configured to download updates knows
that. My information comes directly from the guy in charge of that group at
Microsoft. I attended a talk from him where the entire process was
explained in detail, and you can see some of this same information at
http://www.microsoft.com/security/.
The fact that MS releases monthly notices about security updates does
not of course mean that the updates are only available once a month...
You're just misreading the article. Notice that CNN is not quoting
Toulouse. They are recapping what they heard from him.
What they say is
that Microsoft will release a patch sooner if a flaw might be exploited, but
they generally try to release updates monthly. What does that mean? That's
the key question.
Agreed.
There is a scale of security flaws at MS. When an update is released
depends upon where it falls on that scale. There are many technical details
that determine where a particular flaw sits on the scale. If the issue is
critical, Microsoft releases the patch immediately, not monthly.
As I said before, anyone who has Windows Update set to notify them of
updates knows that updates are released more often than monthly. In fact,
in April alone I had a security update on April 3 and another on April 14.
That's two so far this month which is already twice the number that you
assert take place.
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