29 Dec
2005
29 Dec
'05
5:51 a.m.
On Wed, 28 Dec 2005 13:20:51 PST, Owen DeLong said:
Denying patches doesn't tend to injure the trespassing user so much as it injures the others that get attacked by his compromised machine. I think that is why many manufacturers release security patches to anyone openly, while restricting other upgrades to registered users.
Color me cynical, but I thought the manufacturers did that because a security issue has the ability to convince non-customers that your product sucks, while other bugs and upgrades only convince the sheep that already bought the product that the product is getting Even Better!(tm).....