full-disclosure - Re: Microsoft takes 7 years to 'solve' a problem?!

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Message-ID: <655bf8ff6e684c4c6d88d5dd7b0bf468.squirrel@192.168.3.3>
Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2008 03:07:49 -0500 (EST)
From: "Randal T. Rioux" <randy@...cyonlabs.com>
To: "Memisyazici, Aras" <arasm@...edu>
Cc: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk
Subject: Re: Microsoft takes 7 years to 'solve' a problem?!

On Tue, November 25, 2008 1:44 am, Memisyazici, Aras wrote:
<SSNNIIPP>
> OK... Maybe I'm going a bit extreme, but WTH?! Am I the only one who is
> interpreting this, this way? Really? When has releasing a solution to a
> problem 7 years later ever been acceptable?

May not be acceptable, but it is standard practice with some "software"
companies.

They're not closed-source because they care about security. They're
closed-source because they're lazy (and/or don't care about anything but
quick money).

Randy

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