More Than Half of Known Vista Bugs are Unpatched

[safan80]

MS is getting lazy!
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"Microsoft security executive Jeff Jones has disclosed that in the first six months of Vista's release, the company has patched fewer than half of the operating system's known bugs. Microsoft has fixed only 12 of 27 reported Vista vulnerabilities whereas it patched 36 of 39 known bugs in Windows XP in the first six months following its release. Jones says that's because "Windows Vista continues to show a trend of fewer total and fewer high-severity vulnerabilities at the six month mark compared to ... Windows XP," but he did not address the 15 unpatched flaws."

[zerazax]

While XP release wasn't exactly all that great, in comparison though, it was a god-send

[Brother Esau]

Why would Microsoft care they allready have you're money? They are a scumbag company plain and simple! You know that last time I had to call in to activate XP the girl started drilling me on why I have activated XP so many times, so I told her I reformat allot because I overclock and change hardware allot and she got really sh*tty with me and wanted to know again why I have activated it more than once so I told her plain and simple Windows sucks and its none of her F@cking business what I do because I paid $280.00 for a retail copy of XP Pro and she can go F@ck herself!!! The \nerve of that company its like a friggin dictatorship and I am suick of it!!!

[Serra]

Why would Microsoft care they allready have you're money?

Because if Microsoft decided to stop supporting or slacking in its support this would be one of their last years in operation. Take it from me, no enterprise corporation in the world would put up with an operating system which remains unpatched. If this divorce were to take place then I am sure you would see a definite shift with home computers away from Microsoft-based systems as well because at the heart of it, any office user spends 40 hours a week on the operating system their business uses, and they are definitely more likely to stick with using that system for their own home use because they are comfortable and familiar with it.

With Vista I will admit that if this is true then they are far behind where they should be, and the only saving grace they have is that Windows XP is still the common distribution.

[Brother Esau]

This is true serra but the fact remains all they did was pump the hype about this O.S and its been out for half a year its totally unexceptable considering the crazy hardware requirements they made people upgrade to just to run Vista to be kinda ho hum about the whiole deal and not have provided a real time solution for it as of yet!

[Reznik Akime]

This is true serra but the fact remains all they did was pump the hype about this O.S and its been out for half a year its totally unexceptable considering the crazy hardware requirements they made people upgrade to just to run Vista to be kinda ho hum about the whiole deal and not have provided a real time solution for it as of yet!

And I'm quite sure it helps that everyone and their mother tries to expose every single flaw in Vista.

MS may be brazen, but they aren't stupid although sometimes you can't help but wonder.

[ahmad]

Maybe they are waiting for a mega patch.

[Jamesrt2004]

Maybe they are waiting for a mega patch.

Bring on SP1

[Brother Esau]

Braz3n is too politically correct for Micro$ more like Arrogant Dictatorship to have to upgrade you're entire PC (Average Mom/Pop) for a half assed O.S!

[Shintai]

When people use M$ I think of this:



Maybe the bugs should be categorized and compared to open bugs on say OSX and the like to compare.

Also note the bugs in Vista seems far lower than XP at the same timeframe. (27 vs 39)

And for those whining over MS, use Linux then or OSX. Aslong as you keep using MS products you support it. Do you buy or eat food you dont like aswell?

[alexio]

And for those whining over MS, use Linux then or OSX. Aslong as you keep using MS products you support it. Do you buy or eat food you dont like aswell?

I buy vegetables mostly because I need them, not because I like them. This is to feel healthy enough to perform all tasks that I want to perform. If I need Microsoft to perform a certain task (like to play games) then I still have to use their product.

[Brother Esau]

When people use M$ I think of this:



Maybe the bugs should be categorized and compared to open bugs on say OSX and the like to compare.

Also note the bugs in Vista seems far lower than XP at the same timeframe. (27 vs 39)

And for those whining over MS, use Linux then or OSX. Aslong as you keep using MS products you support it. Do you buy or eat food you dont like aswell?

Good O'l Shintai...you wield a sharp sword wish I could completely disagree with you but unfortunately I cant! I use XP yes I do but I need to work on peoples computers so unfortunately I must, but do I like it no I do not!
But it still sucks and I do not care what anyone say's Microsoft is a F@cked up Company and their O.S sucks too!

[Vapor]

I'd like to think that every known bug is unpatched.

If it's patched and still a bug, then we have a problem.

[Shintai]

I'd like to think that every known bug is unpatched.

If it's patched and still a bug, then we have a problem.

LOL!

[WRC]

do any games run on linnux using open gl?

[[cTx] Nooc]

do any games run on linnux using open gl?

Enemy Territory

[Zytek_Fan]

People, stop complaining about Microsoft. Yes, they are a multi-billion dollar company, and one of their focuses are to make money. Isn't the point of a business, is to make money? If you want to go the route of evil market controlling company, why not point the finger at Intel for CPUs, or Apple for MP3 players?

Windows is an operating system, it's going to have flaws. Apple OS X and Linux have flaws. The only reason Windows the most viruses and such, is because it's the most widely used OS. If Linux was the most used OS, it'd be targeted 1st.

Every time news about Microsoft comes up, many people think it's time to come trash Microsoft. I get sick of it. You know, without Microsoft, we wouldn't have the PC hardware we do today.
In the news section we discuss the news, not trash a company.

Just my 2 cents.

[Phlash]

I'd like to think that every known bug is unpatched.

If it's patched and still a bug, then we have a problem.

Thats exactly what i was thinking

A patched bug = a fix, not a bug damnit!

[Theli]

People, stop complaining about Microsoft. Yes, they are a multi-billion dollar company, and one of their focuses are to make money. Isn't the point of a business, is to make money?

Some people have the impression that making money is like some sort of safe where you can place your actions and shield them from criticism.

If I chop up your parents into small bits, that is immoral.
If I chop up your parents into small bits and sell the remains to McDonalds for food, I'm just making money, which means I cannot be held accountable for my actions, which means my actions cannot be deemed immoral.

Anyway... got a little sidestepped there.

The only reason Windows the most viruses and such, is because it's the most widely used OS.

No, that is not the only reason. Windows allows far too many applications and functions administrative rights over your system. Here's a good read. Link

[Stuperman]

You'd think that with all the fuss MS is making about how people should upgrade to vista, they'd actually make it more appealing, not make it LOOK more appealing with press.

MS seems to be following Apple; who needs engineering when you have Marketing?

[mukmaster]

M$ is a BUG

[Hachi_Roku]

If I chop up your parents into small bits, that is immoral.
If I chop up your parents into small bits and sell the remains to McDonalds for food, I'm just making money, which means I cannot be held accountable for my actions, which means my actions cannot be deemed immoral.

how you go from talking business to chopping ppl into small bits is something to get looked into by a psychiatrist.

[Stuperman]

how you go from talking business to chopping ppl into small bits is something to get looked into by a psychiatrist.

You are missing the point that giving a business reason for unethical action dosn't make the action less unethical, it just make you (the business) look arrogant and small minded.

[Richard Dower]

There are now 181 patches for Vista!

http://thehotfixshare.net/download/i...Neutral/Vista/

[deathman20]

There are now 181 patches for Vista!

http://thehotfixshare.net/download/i...Neutral/Vista/

A lot of the updates I've gotten for Vista have been for defender or for outlook or office apps, not the actual OS itself, maybe im lucky and theres less patches for the 64-bit version.