Today we can read that Microsoft yesterday announced that people who use its operating system software must patch their computers yet again, or their PC's will be vulnerable to attacks that could cede control to hackers.

The company called the software flaw a "critical" vulnerability, which is their highest rating. It is the second major security flaw announced this month, and write on their security pages that "We urge all of our customers to apply this update,".

So far so good, then I read the following in The New York Times:

"A security company, eEye Digital Security, reported the problem to Microsoft last July. Because the flaw is common to so many operating systems and applications, "this is one of the biggest ones ever," said Marc Maiffret, an executive at eEye whose title is chief hacking officer. Mr. Maiffret said that he was surprised that it took Microsoft so long to issue a patch. "All the reason Microsoft gave us was 'extra testing,' but it doesn't take that long to test something this simple," he said."

Wired has the headline "Microsoft: Oops! We Did It Again".

They needed about 200 days for this patch!