[Gllug] Microsoft don't acknowledge Linux trademark.

[David Damerell]

On , 6 Nov 2001, Chris Ball wrote:
>Would they still acknowledge and quickly develop patches for exploits
>that hadn't be proven by code that took advantage of said exploits, and
>/weren't/ out trawling the Internet already or causing systems to be
>compromised?  I don't think so.

As we know; the whole reason that the grey hat community release
exploits is the bitter experience that if they don't, M$ (and the
proprietary UNIX vendors, to a degree) simply will not fix problems
immediately, preferring to delay them to a service pack or equivalent
and minimally (or not at all) document the fact that the hole is fixed
- never mind if the black hats have the exploit.

So there's no doubt about this. If M$ don't want exploits released,
they need to restore their own reputation.

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David Damerell <damerell at chiark.greenend.org.uk> flcl?

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