Microsoft to patch 17-year-old computer bug

[keezel]

HAHAHAHAHA!!

Wow. Good job Microsoft.

And the ad campaign about "some kid in China" is hysterical. As if Linux is still primarily supported by random freelance coders. They are totally exploiting that misnomer.

Maybe we should go easy on them. After all, Microsoft bloatware is huge and hard to fully patch.

But then again, 17 years?! Wow.

[gore]

Wasn't it the big Steve who said that originally? The part about "Well yea Linux has customers but do you really want to have to tell your boss the system will be patched once some 12 year old in China is done writing it?" ... I can't remember the exact quote but it was along those lines about a kid in China being the one writing your patches.

I think he was pissed off because people have seen a problem in Linux where there was an exploit possible, and within like 4 hours, there was a patch. The same problem popped up on a few other OSs and it took like a month to get one.

[nihil]

Kind of makes you want to switch to a less targeted OS?

Not really..................you need an authenticated login and physical access from what I can see?

Hell! I am looking at a CD on my desk that will reset the admin password from bootup................no login required.

I am still of the opinion that if someone has unrestricted physical access you are as good as owned.

Anyway, it took 17 years to find it..............hardly earth shattering?