full-disclosure - 1 patch for 1 vulnerabiliy for Linux and BSD? gunna try and sell us a bridge now too?

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Message-ID: <20040414181748.GM26168@sparky.finchhaven.net>
From: jsage at finchhaven.com (John Sage)
Subject: 1 patch for 1 vulnerabiliy for Linux and BSD?  gunna try and sell us a bridge now too?

Nice try.

On Wed, Apr 14, 2004 at 12:04:46PM -0400, Exibar wrote:

> From: "Exibar" <exibar@...lair.com> To:
> <full-disclosure@...ts.netsys.com>, <support@...cman.com> Subject:
> [Full-Disclosure] 1 patch for 1 vulnerabiliy for Linux and BSD? gunna try and sell us a bridge now too?
> Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004
> 12:04:46 -0400
> 
> Looks like Linux Math is just as bad as Microsoft math now huh?
> What happened to one patch for one vulnerability?  Looks like there
> is 5 in this one......

You will *not* see Debian or anyone else trying to spin this into
"..oh we have 'way, 'way fewer vulns than Micro$oft does so we're
'way, 'way better..."


That's Micro$oft's motive, pure and simple, for releasing multiple
patches in the fewest possible packages.

Then in two months or six months some bullsh*t TCO study will say "Oh,
look, Micro$oft has so, so few patches!!"


feh..


- John
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