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Microsoft Skips Patch Tuesday

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the good-nuff dept.

maotx writes "According to their recently released security bulletin, Microsoft will skip this month's Patch Tuesday. Patch Tuesday, also known as Black Tuesday amongst Administrators, is the second Tuesday of every month, in which Microsoft releases a series of patches and critical updates for its various operating systems and applications."

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  1. Yes! by MyLongNickName · · Score: 5, Funny

    Finally, all of the Microsoft vulnerabilities have been fixed. No more work to do.

    In your face, LINUX!

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  2. Memo to all employees: by freetipe · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Patch Tuesday" has cancelled.
    "Hawaiian Shirt Friday" will continue as normal.
    "Executive Chair Throwing Saturday" is uncertain, but quite likely.

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  3. Re:T... F... A! by MyLongNickName · · Score: 5, Funny

    I am glad to know that if Microsoft gets Slashdotted, we have this cut and paste to refer to. We all know Saturday morning in the U.S. is the heaviest traffic time, and that Microsoft runs its servers off of 486's with 32 megs of ram.

    We have no idea how you beat out all the subscribers, and got around the 404's. But somehow, undoubtedly through minutes of perserverence, you were able to get the job done. And in your rush to provide this service, you were STILL able to make sure it was formatted nicely. Well done.

    If it weren't for you, therer is absolutely no way I could have read this fine article. I Thank you and your country thanks you.

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  4. Jeez, miss the key point why don't you... by Zocalo · · Score: 5, Interesting

    It's not so much that there isn't a patch this month, as that Microsoft has decided to hold off on releasing a patch due to stability concerns, which is laudable. So, while we have no patches this month, we also have a known unpatched, remotely exploitable hole in Internet Explorer until the eventual release. The big question is, will Microsoft release an out of cycle patch to fix the issue, or will be have a full month of PCs getting owned just because they visited the wrong URL using IE6?

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    1. Re:Jeez, miss the key point why don't you... by maskedbishounen · · Score: 5, Funny

      (...) or will be have a full month of PCs getting owned just because they visited the wrong URL using IE6?

      And how is that different from any other month?

      *ducks*

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  5. Sometimes Microsoft does beat Open Source by Henry+V+.009 · · Score: 5, Funny
    "Late in the testing process, Microsoft encountered a quality issue that necessitated the update to go through additional testing and development before it is released. Microsoft is committed to only releasing high quality updates that fix the issue(s) in question, and therefore we feel it is in the best interest of our customers to not release this update until it undergoes further testing."
    That is one positive thing about Microsoft. When they release a patch, you can be sure that it has been tested through the roof. It's a rare open source project that can match Microsoft on that.
  6. No, from TFA, they're NOT skipping Patch Tuesday by bearl · · Score: 5, Informative

    TFA article clearly says that they're issuing several updates right on schedule this coming Tuesday.

    They are delaying a security update that was previoiusly scheduled for Tuesday. They're delaying it because they found some problems during late testing. Good on 'em for that.

    Aside from that, the rest of the updates will be issued as scheduled.

  7. No Patch? Skipped a month? by marktwen0 · · Score: 5, Funny
    Microsoft announced they had omitted the patch

    Funny--my girlfriend also said something about not needing to use the patch this week...and something else about a missed month...

    Oh, wow! Cigars, anyone?