Microsoft slammed over delays

Found on The Inquirer on Tuesday, 27 April 2004
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Security experts are getting increasingly cross that Microsoft is not patching up holes in its software quick enough.

A spokesVole rushed to defend its patchy patch operation. He said that it was due to the large number of versions of software, the number of languages involved and the number of applications which had to remain unaffected by the patching.

But the Herald quoted Bulgarian security researcher Georgi Guninski as saying that excuse was 'very lame' and claimed that showed Microsoft is not really up to the job.

Other security researchers pointed out those languages sit on top of the GUI and have little to do with how Windows works at the 'patched' level of the operating system.

It was like a car manufacturer saying it cannot fix a problem with the tyres because the vehicle comes in lots of different colours, said one expert.

Seeing the increasing number of fixes, MS could afford a patch department. Well, perhaps they already have one. At least they are good with excuses.