Jim Lynch: Off the Top of My Head…

Wow. What a screw job for those who aren’t “premium” customers. :roll:

Microsoft is giving premium customers advance notice of security bulletins, internetnews.com has learned.

The company plans to release two security bulletins, one with a “critical” rating, on Tuesday September 14, in order to plug holes in multiple software products, according to an advance notice sent to select customers.

The note, obtained by internetnews.com, said Microsoft’s September batch of patches will plug a serious vulnerability in Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Home, Microsoft Visual Studio, and Microsoft .NET Framework.

A separate patch with an “important” rating will be issued for Microsoft Office customers, the company said in the notice, which was sent only to premier customers.

It’s an important thing to consider for those facing the choice between an open source solution and a Microsoft one. It’s unacceptable to me for a company to play favorites when it comes to security or seek to leverage security in an unethical way for financial gains or to try to pressure customers into a particular category.

Security is an area where no company should play favorites. Least of all Microsoft, given their atrocious track record over the last few years. :roll:

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