Re: Reuters: Microsoft to give holes info to Uncle Sam first - responsible vendor notification may not be a good idea any more...

["J.A. Terranson" <measl () mfn org>]

On Sat, 12 Mar 2005, Raj Mathur wrote:

> What you're saying would make sense if the US were the only country in
> the world that uses MS products.  I know this may come as a surprise
> to many people, but there are other places and Governments in the
> world too, and they too use MS!

Actually, it would surprise me if the USG was the only government served
by these early release programs (although I have no personal knowledge as
to whether this is the case).

> It shows complete irresponsibility on MS' part to favour one
> Government over all others in disclosure and bug-fix policy.

If this is the case, I would agree with this position.

>  IMNSHO one more reason for the rest of the world to switch to
> non-proprietary products and solutions.

There are plenty of good reasons to switch - this one is pretty low on the
list ;-)

> Regards,
>
> - -- Raju

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