From: Mike '/m' 

On Sun, 13 Mar 2005 15:45:45 -0500, "Rich Gauszka"
 wrote:

>
>"Geo"  wrote in message
news:4234a44f{at}w3.nls.net...
>>
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=technologyNews&storyID=7876004
&src=rss/technologyNews
>>
>> NEW YORK (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp. (MSFT.O: Quote, Profile, Research) is
>> to give the U.S. government priority in fixing security holes in Windows
>> and
>> other software, The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.
>>
>> Under a plan to take effect later this year, Microsoft will give the U.S.
>> Air Force versions of software "patches" to fix serious security
>> vulnerabilities up to a month before they are available to others, the
>> paper
>> said.
>>
>> The U.S. Department of Homeland Security will give advance notice of
>> problems to other government agencies and distribute patches to them, the
>> Journal said, citing officials at Microsoft and the White House's Office
>> of
>> Management and Budget.
>>
>> ----------------------
>>
>> ok so the question is, if the patches are available why not give them to
>> everyone as soon as possible?
>>
>> Geo.
>>
>>
>
>So when the Homeland Security computers go down are we to assume that they
>are testing a security patch?
>

Maybe Microsoft gave an early patch to the power companies in August 2003?

 /m

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