Microsoft playing unfair game?

I just read this article at reuters.com. What the hell are they thinking? Like they don’t have enough compromised machines around the world already? Not to mention stupid “LAND attack” which is still unpatched. Or is this just another thoughtless statement from Microsoft?

I understand that Microsoft is U.S. company. But they have no right to shorten regular customers around the world! I don`t care for U.S. government personally. For me they are just a government like any others. Including Afganistan`s.

Quote:
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.

Edited 14.3.2005 Quote 2:
The U.S. government will not get a head start on other Windows users when it comes to Microsoft security updates, the company said Friday in response to news report that suggested otherwise.

The Wall Street Journal reported that the U.S. Air Force will receive early versions of software patches through Microsoft’s Update Validation Program (SUVP) and those fixes will be forwarded to other agencies through the Department of Homeland Security.

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