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Netscape Releases Security Update

Posted by Zonk on Friday May 20, 2005 @03:42AM from the at-least-they're-prompt dept.

daria42 writes "Less than 24 hours after releasing Netscape 8, Netscape has released a security patch bringing the browser up to version 8.0.1. The patch address security vulnerabilities in version 1.0.3 of the Firefox code on which Netscape is based. The update comes amid online criticism from Firefox developers that the browser was insecure."

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Re:software and bridges by servo335 · 2005-05-20 03:46 · Score: 0, Troll

Is Netscape run by Microsoft not AOL now? It seems its release the product now fix it later!
If it were Microsoft... by davidwr · 2005-05-20 03:51 · Score: 1, Troll

Proof positive AOL/Netscape != Microsoft:

If this were Microsoft:
We'd wait several months while they verified the problem, then a few weeks while they fixed it, a few weeks for them to pretent to test the fix, then wait up to 4 weeks more for the next patch day.

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