From: "Chris Robinson" 

Geo. wrote:

> "Adam Flinton"  wrote in message
> news:40313c62$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>
>
> > That's a bundling not a fixing problem. You want Klaus to do the
> > bundling of the fixes not write the fixes.
>
> I don't care if MS outsources the writing of the fixes, all I care
> about is I have one vendor to go to in order to make sure I'm patched
> up to date. One vendor's security list notifies me of all patches for
> the distribution.  Whether or not MS employees write a patch for
> frontpage extensions or whether they go outside to some guy who
> originally wrote the code makes zero difference to me.
>
> Geo.

If you think about it then, it's fantastic that you can get patches for all
software that comes as part of your Linux distro from the vendor - even
though they had nothing to do with writing the software.  And you can
update all your software through one simple interface - automatically if
you like - wow!

If I pop Windows on a PC and install my standard suite of software (office
apps, PIM, CD burning, browser, e-mail etc, etc, etc) then I have to go to
a ton of different websites and manually download and install the patches
for every single piece of software I have installed.

At this point, if you leave the "who's responsible" debate to one
side, then Linux distro's have a real advantage here anyway.

Chris.

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