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If you're in a situation where you test the effects of patches before applying them, then if Microsoft releases the security patch early, YOU have the option to
by pzxc 12y ago
If you're in a situation where you test the effects of patches before applying them, then if Microsoft releases the security patch early, YOU have the option to wait and apply it on the regular patch day along with any other patches in the normal schedule.
Releasing the patch late (i.e., on patch day) makes that choice for everyone.
- acqq 12y agoWith the patch ready before the vulnerability release, there's no 0-day available to the all nefarious guys in the world. Now thanks to Google, there's one. (Edit: See _wmd's explanation about the technical details of this). It's not that just the big companies are affected now: all users are.