Microsoft to issue seven patches on Tuesday

As part of this month's Patch Tuesday, coming next week, Microsoft plans to release seven patches, four rated "critical" and three "important." Affected software includes Windows (Windows 2000, XP, and Vista), Office (Word and SharePoint Server), Internet Explorer, Outlook Express and Windows Mail. One patch affects Microsoft Office 2004 for the Mac.

[MaLvaDo39]

Microsoft to issue one apology on Wednesday

For sucking so bad and duping everyone into buying their terribly
coded software. Now so many people are locked in ... or so they
think!

Make a switch!

[samsquanch1]

Sigh

Yeah, I forgot...Linux issues a dozen patches every day. Soooo much better.

[TucsonAlexAZ]

to paraphrase another cult

Torvald, protect us from your followers.


You can always tell a Linux user, you just can't tell him much.

[close5828]

Troll

Go back to MacNN.

[The_happy_switcher]

apologize

and give refunds to millions of people for subjecting them to their ******* software for all these years and for all productivity lost.

[richto]

For being so much more secure than anyone else?

If you think Microsoft Suck - Just be glad you are not running Linux or MacOS. They are way more insecure, and needs loads more patching:

http://blogs.technet.com/security/archive/2007/08/16/july-2007-operating-system-vulnerability-scorecard.aspx

[The_happy_switcher]

patch tuesday

So what's new? ***** OS needs constant fixing. And you wonder why it doesn't work right?

[gary85739]

what OS doesn't need updating?

Linux has updates

Apple has updates

MSFT has updates

if you don't update, don't expect the OS to work!

[i_made_this]

AppleRocks1963, Grow Up

We've got OSX, Windows and Linux at home. They're all good systems that have their weaknesses which is why Apple's OSX has required frequent "highly critical" patches - they just don't have much of an enterprise market so they don't schedule them for a certain day monthly. Instead, Apple bulks them all together and releases them once every few months in a single large patch. But I promise you - OSX is just a fluky a system as Windows. Maybe Apple will get it right with their next O/S - we old-time Apple users sure hope so.

[robert1275]

EVERY O/S needs patching

From Linux to MAC and for everything in between to include mobile phones nearly every O/S needs a patch or update from time to time.