full-disclosure - Reuters: Microsoft to give holes info to Uncle Sam first - responsible vendor notification may not be a good idea any more...

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Message-ID: <4233327F.7040805@packetstorm.nu>
From: niek at packetstorm.nu (Niek)
Subject: Reuters: Microsoft to give holes info to Uncle
	Sam first - responsible vendor notification may not be a good	idea
	any more...

On 3/12/2005 1:41 PM +0100, Tamas Feher wrote:
> http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=technologyNews&storyID=7
> 876004&src=rss/technologyNews
> 
> Microsoft to Offer Patches to U.S. Govt. First
> by Reuters, 11 Mar 2005

What I don't get is, if a patch is fit to be used by U.S government,
why wouldn't it be for all other Microsoft users ?

Is Microsoft using the U.S. government as test bunnies for their patches ?
If that's not the case, then why wait up to a month to supply them to
the general public ?

Niek
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