NoOther
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The BASH thing was patched within like less than 12 hours of being announced which is a lot faster than waiting until update Tuesday for Microsoft to release yet another set of broken updates.
Depends on what announcement you are going off of. For instance, I knew about the vulnerability from various announcements at least 2 weeks before it was patched by Linux. Also just because it is patched in the Linux kernel, does not mean it will be patched in various distributions or in products based off the kernel. For instance many appliances use the Linux kernel as their base, but they didn't have patches for months. You have to remember companies that have systems based off the Linux kernel need to test out their products with the new patch before they can then release a new patch of their system for their customers. Comparing patches for Linux to those of Microsoft is disingenuous as you are comparing apples and oranges. Microsoft has an all inclusive system with many built in applications that all need to be tested against the new patch. Even with all that testing some problems leak through even after the patch is finally released. The same thing happens with Linux, albeit sometimes even more prevalent. Because it is open source, many times they leave a lot of the end testing and compatibility testing up to the end user, rather than fully testing it before it goes out.