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Microsoft to Release 7 Patches Next Week

Posted by Zonk on from the that's-quite-a-lot-of-patching dept.

craters writes "Microsoft plans to release 7 patches next week for Windows and Office. From the article: 'In the monthly pre-patch notification it sends out five days prior to unveiling fixes, Microsoft said that at least two of the seven will be rated Critical, which by the company's definition means that the vulnerability can be remotely exploited.'"

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  1. Re:Lack of bug fixing strategy by flooey · · Score: 4, Insightful
    It appears there is a conflict at Redmond. In one case they are fixing a bug which has yet to be discovered, in another they are fixing a bug which has existed for around nine months.

    It's about time they came up with a proper strategy other than randomly fixing the bugs they want to fix.
    It looks unusual from the outside, but it doesn't necessarily mean that they don't have a proper strategy. Some bugs are easy to fix, some are difficult. Some are more important, some are less important. Some are likely to cause software to stop working, some aren't. Since there's no way to know just what was involved in each bug at this point (and we'll probably never know what the source looks like as it relates to the bugs), just because it looks funny doesn't mean they're not prioritizing properly.
  2. So what? by MSFanBoi2 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I don't see what the big deal is, both Linux and MacOS get patched. Some more often than others...