[geeks] "Patch previews"

[Phil Stracchino]

On 05/19/10 22:26, Patrick Giagnocavo wrote:
> Isn't a more likely case that MS is more than happy to have "beta
> testers" for free?
> 
> Imagine, hundreds of thousands, if not millions of dollars, of free
> testing, some (.gov) paid for by your tax dollars, for MS to fix their
> broken and insecure software.

As I understand it, they're not letting government and "critical
providers" have the actual *patches* early, just advance technical
information before the patches are released.


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