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Microsoft Takes a 'Patch Tuesday' Break

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the wish-i-could-take-a-post-friday-break dept.

Phill0 submitted a ZD story about Microsoft's week off which says "Microsoft has no new security updates planned for Tuesday, despite at least five zero-day vulnerabilities that are waiting to be fixed. The patch break could be a welcome respite for IT managers still busy testing the dozen fixes Microsoft released last month. Also, many IT pros may be occupied with the switch to daylight saving time, which at the behest of Congress, is happening three weeks earlier this year. "

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  1. That's one of the reasons I use OpenSource by itz2000 · · Score: -1, Redundant

    One day, a vulnerability had been found in Microsoft Word and what did Microsoft commented? They have announced everyone not to open Word documents from people you don't know (duh?!) un-till they will patch it (the patch came only 2 weeks later!).
    Their answer made me out of my mind, people can harm my computer because of a security bug in their software, and they can't fix it in the same day/day after?

    By the way, after I've switched to linux, I've found out more of its advantages and stayed till this day, if you didn't switch yet, you should try it A.S.A.P google "linux distribution download" for download links.
    More secure, More Stable, More Free == better --> USE LINUX!