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Microsoft Finally To Patch 17-Year-Old Bug

Posted by timothy on from the not-quite-barely-legal dept.

eldavojohn writes "Microsoft is due for a very large patch this month, in which five critical holes (that render Windows hijackable by an intruder) are due to be fixed, in addition to twenty other problems. The biggest change addresses a 17-year-old bug dating back to the days of DOS, discovered in January by their BFF Google. The patch should roll out February 9th."

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  1. Linux Patch by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Now hopefully Linus will finally patch that one problem in Linux, where it's a big bloated pile of shit.

  2. Re:Windows NT by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    this post is an annoying piece of dribble...

    get a clue...

  3. sigh... by the1337g33k · · Score: 0, Troll

    Yet another reason I avoid Windows and run for the hills with my linux box, if Windows was patched in a timely matter instead of being vulnerable for weeks, months, 17 years or when the media s**ts their pants, then I just might look at using it.

    Just a thought...

    1. Re:sigh... by the1337g33k · · Score: 0, Troll

      i forgot to mention a critical piece involving the wait for Microsoft Tuesday before receiving these patches, unlike other OS'es where you don't have to wait a month for the bug to be fixed (unless as mentioned above about the media crapping a load forcing them to release it out-of-band). Hope that clears up the confusion.

  4. Re:You joke, but I think he'd like to by binarylarry · · Score: 0, Troll

    He doesn't joke, he trolls.

    I though I wonder if Linus meant "We are not the streamlined, small, hyper-efficient microkernel I envisioned 15 years ago.".

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  5. Re:Nothing quite like a "timely" response by Hurricane78 · · Score: -1, Troll

    Aaahh... That’s closed-source for you. Can you smell it?
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    *blaaarrgghh*
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    God.That’s awful!

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  6. Re:When is /. going to actually do more then just by Liquidrage · · Score: -1, Troll

    Sorry bud. They didn't retard a fucking thing. Back when they really took over with Windows 3.1 there wasn't anything out there better that was as easy to use for most people. 95 was a great OS. NT was a great server OS for it's niche (easy to set up and install for non mission critical servers), 2000 was a great server OS. XP was a great OS. 7 is a great OS. 2003 is a great server OS.

    There's some clunkers in there. ME. Vista gets a worse rap then it is.

    Outlook is the best mail server there is. VS is the best IDE there is and usually has been.

    You know who retarded things? IBM and Apple. Fucking the kings of control. Where is there constant bashing? Oh that's right. Not on /.

  7. Re:"Finally"? by DavidD_CA · · Score: -1, Troll

    You must be new here.

    Looks at your six-digit ID.

    You must have bought your ID off eBay.

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  8. Maybe I'll have to take your word for it? by Zero__Kelvin · · Score: -1, Troll

    Help me find the humor, because I still don't see it. Seriously. And in the future, please be aware that your Slash # is 1338699. You can't make jokes that play on the idea that you have been following Linux from the beginning and know all about the history of its evolution without an emoticon when your Slash # is 7 digits.

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