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<blockquote data-quote="vansmith" data-source="post: 1569467" data-attributes="member: 71075"><p>That was reasonably quick but this fix was one line - it should have been pushed out moments after discovery. There's no need to push this out as part of a larger update specifically.</p><p></p><p>Is it obvious that this issue really bothers me? This error was trivial (I saw a developer rip into Apple for this since decent QA should have caught this) but deeply destructive. Sure, nothing huge came of it but that's not the point (to preempt the "but nothing happened" argument).</p><p></p><p>I read an article earlier that made an interesting point. In it, someone interviewed mentioned how Microsoft is quick to admit fault and patch things while working with the community. While this makes their software looked comparatively flawed, it's actually not - MS is just much better at recognising that their software is flawed. And this brings me back to what I've been arguing forever which is quite simple: OS X is software like any other and is thus flawed, weak and prone to fault. I still think it's pretty secure but this culture/myth around OS X's impenetrability needs to stop.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="vansmith, post: 1569467, member: 71075"] That was reasonably quick but this fix was one line - it should have been pushed out moments after discovery. There's no need to push this out as part of a larger update specifically. Is it obvious that this issue really bothers me? This error was trivial (I saw a developer rip into Apple for this since decent QA should have caught this) but deeply destructive. Sure, nothing huge came of it but that's not the point (to preempt the "but nothing happened" argument). I read an article earlier that made an interesting point. In it, someone interviewed mentioned how Microsoft is quick to admit fault and patch things while working with the community. While this makes their software looked comparatively flawed, it's actually not - MS is just much better at recognising that their software is flawed. And this brings me back to what I've been arguing forever which is quite simple: OS X is software like any other and is thus flawed, weak and prone to fault. I still think it's pretty secure but this culture/myth around OS X's impenetrability needs to stop. [/QUOTE]
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