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You are talking about apples and oranges. First they did tell many admins (as the article indicated) and they patched their systems. Then after they ran out of specific people to warn, they came out with this news so they were aware of the problem. In my opinion this was handled correctly since the flaw could have compromised future releases of public software. There is a big difference in a flaw that affects only my business and a flaw that could potentially affect thousands (or millions) of systems; now and in the future.

Microsoft on the other hand has been critized and so have others (Novell comes to mind). However the critisim is valid (including in this case, but I happen to disagree with you), though Microsoft has made huge improvmemts to this process. In the past they would deny the flaw and then release a patch for the flaw they denied existed. That did not happen here.

The problem now is Microsoft has a reputation for being, shall we say, less than up front. They are much better now and that is great. But it takes only a second to lose trust and years to rebuild it. The situation to me in this case was they wanted to protect the source code of major operating systems and applications. then when the time is right announce to the less obvious systems the problem and correction.
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patchs patchs everywhere and not a thing to drink  ickusslime@... | 05/19/04
the application is the problem  V Sanders | 05/19/04
Big deal..  FreeBSD | 05/19/04
Big deal..  seosamh_z | 05/19/04
Sure! Let's use  michael-t | 05/19/04
Sure! Let's use  seosamh_z | 05/20/04
Cluelessness  michael-t | 05/20/04
...  FreeBSD | 05/20/04
WTF?  Suicida| | 05/22/04
Oh yeah  ickusslime@... | 05/19/04
haha  V Sanders | 05/19/04
did you read the article???  ickusslime@... | 05/19/04
R D B M S  dr_who@... | 05/19/04
Good choice!  michael-t | 05/19/04
Microsoft is secure? Just look at this.  thepubba | 05/20/04
you're a fool!  ryusen | 05/20/04
Hey!  Suicida| | 05/22/04
RE:haha  MG_z | 05/21/04
Another half-wit ZDNet/CNet writer  FederalistPaperBoy | 05/19/04
half-wit ZDNet/CNet writer  Nationalist | 05/19/04
half-wit ZDNet/CNet writer  Nationalist | 05/19/04
Re: Another half-wit ZDNet/CNet writer  mmarietta | 05/20/04
slight of hand  kgosnell@... | 05/19/04
How is this being "open"???  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/20/04
Microsoft has a lon history of denying security problems  B.O.F.H. | 05/20/04
Apparently, so does open source.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/20/04
Here is the timeline  B.O.F.H. | 05/20/04
Not very informative at all.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/20/04
Check the release dates and the fix dates.  B.O.F.H. | 05/20/04
Thanks, it was as I suspected.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/20/04
Bug reports have to be verified and reproduced  B.O.F.H. | 05/20/04
Wrong  MG_z | 05/21/04
Da Einstein  trojanhorse | 05/20/04
NWOR  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/20/04
Please excuse my ignorance, but..  toadlife | 05/20/04
NWOR= Not Worthy Of Reply.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/20/04
(NT)Thanks - and I agree  toadlife | 05/20/04
Re: No_Ax_to_Grind  MG_z | 05/21/04
Who is the article about boys and girls?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 05/20/04
I already replied, but...  MG_z | 05/21/04
So what is Secure on the Net these days ???  webgecko | 05/20/04
Unlike Microsoft, Linux fixes fast  CobraA1 | 05/21/04
Not to mention  Suicida| | 05/22/04
Nothing nice happening to either side  FilledOut | 05/21/04

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