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From: barrie at reboot-robot.net (Barrie Dempster)
Subject: FD info prompts M$ to summon the FBI on
	spy-vertisers

On Thu, 2004-06-10 at 16:19, Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu wrote:
> On Thu, 10 Jun 2004 14:38:08 +0300, Georgi Guninski said:
> > On Thu, Jun 10, 2004 at 10:14:21AM +0200, Feher Tamas wrote:
> > > http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1105-5229707.html
> > > 
> > > the "early stages" of building the case, Toulouse said. The company is 
> > > considering creating a patch quickly and releasing it as soon as 
> > > possible, rather than waiting for its usual monthly update. 
> > >
> > 
> > hehehehe, a quick patch from m$, this is fun.
> 
> Well... when somebody makes it publicly known that you've had your thumb
> jammed up your ass for several months, you can either pull it out before
> the paparazzi show up, or wait for the usual first-Tuesday thumb extraction.
> 
> Anybody know if this one was listed on http://www.eeye.com/html/research/upcoming/index.html
> or any of the other well-known "they've known about it for N days" lists?

Does anyone know of a *reputable* list of similar nature detailing how
linux and other OSS perform in the discovery-patch timescale.

I'm attending a seminar hosted by MS in which they are discussing the
pro's and con's of commercial software and OSS, I'd like to carry a
heavy ammunition belt into the fight and I know this will be an element
focused upon.

-- 
Barrie Dempster

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