[for-q-clinton]

And it came from the 5% of ibots who were making up fud about windows. But Apple does need to get into the 21st century in regards to patching.

[dayglored]

> Apple does need to get into the 21st century in regards to patching.

Well, I'd sure like to see them get faster about acknowledging threats and releasing patches.

But related to that, I notice two things about the way Microsoft is handling their patches in recent months and (they say) into the future:

• They have become much more secretive about the flaws they are patching, and no longer readily give out deep details.
• They are switching to pushing patches out whenever they feel it it necessary, rather than waiting for a Patch Tuesday to come around.

Both of these changes correspond to how Apple does their patches: Quietly, and no fixed schedule. I hate to say it, but the "21st century" model of patching is what Apple has been doing for years (albeit far too slowly for my taste).

And Microsoft is adopting that model -- not because they're "copying" Apple, but because that's the model they need to use. The old "Patch Tuesday" model with lots of notice and description was very helpful for enterprise admins (of which I'm one) but it became obsolete when it became obvious how helpful it was for the hackers generating Zero Day exploits.

I predict Microsoft will become even more secretive in the coming years. They have to, if they've really got Win10 on a billion computers and devices. They can't afford to tip their hand like they've been doing.

Meanwhile, I also predict that Apple will get more on the stick about acknowledging and addressing vulnerabilities. They have to.

[Swordmaker]

And it came from the 5% of ibots who were making up fud about windows. But Apple does need to get into the 21st century in regards to patching.

Oh, so all of those over now six million malware exploits against Windows were merely FUD made up by Apple users? That alone is the biggest load of crap FUD I've ever read any where, for-q.

Apple users are STILL waiting for that serious incursion you guys claim is going to happen "any day now!" It's only been 14 years since OS X was released as a consumer operating system.and you clowns have been claiming "any day now." When is it going to happen?