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Its totally unacceptable. Even Microsoft does patches of this severity in less than 24 hours. I suspect what this points to is that Apple doesn't have automat

Its totally unacceptable. Even Microsoft does patches of this severity in less than 24 hours. I suspect what this points to is that Apple doesn't have automated testing and they need a bunch of old school "hands on keyboards testers" to run a test case list that takes 4 days.

georgebarnett 13y ago
The parent 'suspects' and doesn't actually know. It's not 'totally unacceptable' either. It's over a weekend and it's a set of trade offs about cutting a release made by a bunch of smart engineers who were probably very tired (last week for them has probably sucked) and they've just pulled a long weekend to get this out the door. If you find this 'totally unacceptable', my suggestion would be to either go join them and help them improve the situation or to move to another OS. Bitching on the internet merely indicates how little experience you have with the trade offs that need to be made when pushing latge volumes of software.
- sneak 13y ago
  > my suggestion would be to either go join them and help them improve the situation Uhh no, we're customers. I don't find it unacceptable but if I did, it's within my rights to say so without "help[ing] them" as I pay the Apple Tax happily and repeatedly.
- teacup50 13y ago
  > It's over a weekend ... So call some employees in!
gress 13y ago
How is that 'totally unacceptable' when this is not? http://m.slashdot.org/story/198449 http://m.slashdot.org/story/198449
djulius 13y ago
"Even Microsoft" is terribly wrong. In fact Microsoft is several years in advance to other software companies regarding security lifecycle of its products. The early days fiasco are long gone and the SDL (http://www.microsoft.com/security/sdl/default.aspx http://www.microsoft.com/security/sdl/default.aspx) has performed really well.
eddieroger 13y ago
Microsoft also has a history of not disclosing it until there's a fix.

georgebarnett 13y ago

The parent 'suspects' and doesn't actually know. It's not 'totally unacceptable' either. It's over a weekend and it's a set of trade offs about cutting a release made by a bunch of smart engineers who were probably very tired (last week for them has probably sucked) and they've just pulled a long weekend to get this out the door. If you find this 'totally unacceptable', my suggestion would be to either go join them and help them improve the situation or to move to another OS. Bitching on the internet merely indicates how little experience you have with the trade offs that need to be made when pushing latge volumes of software.

sneak 13y ago
> my suggestion would be to either go join them and help them improve the situation Uhh no, we're customers. I don't find it unacceptable but if I did, it's within my rights to say so without "help[ing] them" as I pay the Apple Tax happily and repeatedly.
teacup50 13y ago
> It's over a weekend ... So call some employees in!

gress 13y ago

How is that 'totally unacceptable' when this is not? http://m.slashdot.org/story/198449 http://m.slashdot.org/story/198449

djulius 13y ago

"Even Microsoft" is terribly wrong. In fact Microsoft is several years in advance to other software companies regarding security lifecycle of its products. The early days fiasco are long gone and the SDL (http://www.microsoft.com/security/sdl/default.aspx http://www.microsoft.com/security/sdl/default.aspx) has performed really well.

eddieroger 13y ago

Microsoft also has a history of not disclosing it until there's a fix.