Microsoftheaded, hugely stupid

[Kevin D. Clark]

Jon maddog Hall <maddog at li.org> writes:

> Now, I have no real problem in believing that these patches really did come
> from Microsoft, which actually makes the problem worse instead of better.

Are you *sure* these messages came from Microsoft?  I get spam all the
time from groups that claim to have patches for Microsoft products.
IIRC, some of these even look like they're from Microsoft, but a few
moments of investigation reveals that they're not.

So long as Microsoft provides a secure method of applying patches, one
in which a user can ascertain whether the patch is authentic or not,
they're not at fault here  (well, except for the fact that there's a
need to patch in the first place...).

Regards,

--kevin
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