Releasing a week early makes for a smallish window during which the exploit is unpatched and in the wild, while still being impactful enough that it forces Micr

Releasing a week early makes for a smallish window during which the exploit is unpatched and in the wild, while still being impactful enough that it forces Microsoft to react to it somehow. I'm not sure it's the Right Way of Doing Things, but it's defensible.