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Microsoft Rushes Internet Explorer Patch

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the open-source-is-faster dept.

drquoz writes "Last week, it was reported that a critical security flaw was found in Internet Explorer. On Tuesday, experts were advising users not to use IE until a patch could be released. On Wednesday, Microsoft released the patch. An interesting quote from the article: 'Kandek suggests that Microsoft is at a disadvantage in updating Internet Explorer because its browser doesn't have a built-in update mechanism like other browser makers. Mozilla, for instance, just released Firefox 3.05 to Firefox users through its auto-update system.'"

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  1. Re:IE updates by Civil_Disobedient · · Score: 5, Funny

    Perhaps this is because Microsoft so tightly binds IE to the operating system

    Not perhaps.

    I believe the engineering term is "reap what you sow, bitches."

  2. Re:Doesn't have a built in update mechanism? by rlp · · Score: 5, Funny

    doesn't allow users the granularity of saying "yes, update my browser but no, leave the rest of my system alone

    Indeed, you can't have it automatically update a critical browser flaw, but say 'no' to the 1673rd revision of "Windows Genuine Advantage".

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  3. Apple fixed that by apparently · · Score: 4, Funny

    Or even worse than soaking up resources, suggesting new software once a week, like apple software updater. It always suggests that I need iTunes, and it always selects it by default. If I'd wanted iTunes, I would have downloaded iTunes and not gone to the extra hassle of trying to fine Quicktime without iTunes. I don't know how it is now, but when I downloaded, it was a hassle to find these two separated.

    Apple has resolved this issue. Now they try to install Safari in addition to Quicktime and Itunes.