full-disclosure - Microsoft Faces Angry IE Users' Questions

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Message-ID: <87fz7zy0g0.fsf@deneb.enyo.de>
From: fw at deneb.enyo.de (Florian Weimer)
Subject: Microsoft Faces Angry IE Users' Questions

* Jordan Cole:

>>  I wonder if they break down and release a "fix" in a week's time.
>
> Hm... in a way, that's a pretty good joke. :)

No, it isn't.  Untested hotfixes for functionality problems are often
available after just a short period of time, and sometimes there is
documentation how to disable security fixes by tweaking the registry.
After all, that's were the real customer pressure is. 8-)