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You do not need to read in between the lines to learn that; several commentators have come right out and said it. * http://lists.dragonflybsd.org/pipermail/use

by JdeBP 9y ago

You do not need to read in between the lines to learn that; several commentators have come right out and said it. * http://lists.dragonflybsd.org/pipermail/users/2018-January/313758.html http://lists.dragonflybsd.org/pipermail/users/2018-January/3... (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16084641 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16084641) * https://medium.com/@frankycaron/this-week-in-words-the-language-of-meltdown-and-spectre-126bf109e5c5 https://medium.com/@frankycaron/this-week-in-words-the-langu... (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16075588 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16075588) * http://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/01/04/intel_meltdown_spectre_bugs_the_registers_annotations/ http://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/01/04/intel_meltdown_spect... One of them you might have expected to use the word "fuck", but actually did not. (-: * https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/1/3/797 https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/1/3/797 (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16066968 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16066968) In part, this was down to the cat being let out of the bag early. * https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16080918 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16080918 * https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16068510 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16068510

arianvanp 9y ago
If those 4 extra days of embargo would not have caused a total PR disasters on Intel's side will eat my socks. This wouldn't have become any better given another week of time.
- fragmede 9y ago
  The fact that Intel is rumored to have know about this since June lends credence to your belief, however if that week would have let OS vendors have updates ready, and cloud providers already patched, then it would be less of a disaster. There's a certain amount of flailing about when details are released earlier than expected, and vendors don't have a answers or instructions prepared.

by JdeBP 9y ago

arianvanp 9y ago

If those 4 extra days of embargo would not have caused a total PR disasters on Intel's side will eat my socks. This wouldn't have become any better given another week of time.

fragmede 9y ago
The fact that Intel is rumored to have know about this since June lends credence to your belief, however if that week would have let OS vendors have updates ready, and cloud providers already patched, then it would be less of a disaster. There's a certain amount of flailing about when details are released earlier than expected, and vendors don't have a answers or instructions prepared.