Critical Internet Explorer Flaw Patched, Even for XP

It makes IT Pros look stupid but the reality is nothing has really changed with regards to it being unsupported. It seems to have entered an OSX-style "we'll patch at our discretion" phase which is not the same thing.
 
The patch would have already been created for the big organisations that are paying for extended XP support so it seems sensible for them to just release it to the masses as well.
 
tom_e said:
The patch would have already been created for the big organisations that are paying for extended XP support so it seems sensible for them to just release it to the masses as well.
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This. WinXP is not generally supported, but it makes sense for a fix for a big issue that would have been made anyway to be released to the masses.
 
But if that becomes de facto it creates a situation where the vendor is giving away for free what some organizations are paying big bucks for.

If you've just entered an expensive support contract with Microsoft and 30 days later they release publicly, for free, the very thing you're supposed to be paying for I think you'd be bloody annoyed. And quite rightly.
 
meandu229 said:
Apart from the people who think that MS will patch for them if its really bad so why move?
Mistake IMO people had years to move from XP.
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Also, define "really bad". Yes this was a critical vulnerability but they are not exactly rare and nothing particularly special about this one. It's not like a conficker.

It's actually curious they issued this fix out of band (which lends credence to the theory that this is indeed a one off)
 
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