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Zero-day WMF flaw underscores patch problems
Robert Lemos, SecurityFocus 2006-01-12

For four days in January, network administrators and security-savvy home users had a choice: Download and install an unofficial open-source fix for the critical flaw in the Windows Meta File (WMF) format or wait an estimated week for an official patch from Microsoft.

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Re: Re: What Microsoft needs to be doing... 2006-01-13
Eric
No, I can't believe that they're driven by large customers. At least when I worked there that was not the case. Neither were they driven by small customers.

I've NOT in favor of "they should audit and review, and not work on new code". What I said was, "an inordinate amount of their resources ar...

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