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Re:Windows 7 patch for Meltdown enabled arbitrary reads and ... by Aloha on Tuesday March 27, 2018 @05:45PM (#16693031)
If the problem is complex enough, six months may be a short deadline.
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Re:Windows 7 patch for Meltdown enabled arbitrary reads and ... by azinman2 on Tuesday March 27, 2018 @06:19PM (#16693310)
Especially since it comes as a surprise, and there’s already an existing train on its way to the next station with its own timetable.
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Re:Windows 7 patch for Meltdown enabled arbitrary reads and ... by cakes on Tuesday March 27, 2018 @06:41PM (#16693481)
that surprise could include "management says we don't have to do anything :/" <5.99 months pass>, management: "we have to patch this and it needs to be done yesterday."
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Re:Windows 7 patch for Meltdown enabled arbitrary reads and ... by TeMPOraL on Wednesday March 28, 2018 @01:04AM (#16695432)
That would be extreme, but I can entirely imagine it taking many weeks for the true importance of this problem to correctly propagate across all management levels.
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