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What would you have them do?
DontBeEvil 9th Sep 2010
@OS Reload
There are couple of options:
1. Do a patch every Tuesday so that MS gets ample time to test the patches on the umpteen numbers of hardware and software combinations that they have to support
2. Give a patch every day, dont test it but claim that you are quick and can innovate rapidly
3. Patch every 6 months, similar to Apple where they let it pile on and unload as a mega patch
4. Not release any patch for 2 years but instead focus on rewriting the OS to never have any security vulnerabilities ever. I dont think mighty Linux has been able to achieve that either
5. Get out of the OS business altogether, just proclaim this Tuesday's patch is the last on ever

Given these options, I think number 1 looks likes the best so far
ie8 fix

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