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Everyone is saying that Google should have waited for Microsoft's patch day, but why should Google bend their standard procedure to fit Microsoft? If it really
by LukeB_UK 12y ago
Everyone is saying that Google should have waited for Microsoft's patch day, but why should Google bend their standard procedure to fit Microsoft? If it really meant that much to Microsoft, they could have released a patch earlier.
They knew they had 90 days and decided to ignore it.
- RubyPinch 12y ago"but why should Google bend their standard procedure to fit Microsoft?" well, there are quite a few users affected.
- delinka 12y agoAll the more reason for Microsoft to get to it and release the patch sooner. MS had already said they intended to delay the fix until February. The 90-day deadline seems to be Working As Designed®
- outside1234 12y agoBecause its the "do no evil" way. That used to matter. I guarantee you that if this was an Android bug that the Android team would have gotten 2 more days. That's the inconsistency here. God help Google if an Android bug is discovered that takes them more than 90 days to patch across their 123421 variants of fragmentation.
- WorldWideWayne 12y agoBecause "They don't have all of the OS code so they have no idea how much other code would have to be rewritten to correct the problem." and "That extra coding takes time to ensure that something else doesn't get broken in the process."