More on Open Source, Microsoft Style

Microsoft's approach to asking "external" people to look at code and provide fixes is, as usual, two-faced.

Out of one side of their mouth, MS says "help us fix our code."

But out of the other side of their mouth they say that "Even someone with good intentions can't possibly create and test an IE fix properly. It may patch the immediate vulnerability but cause another set of problems with compatibility." (to be precise, a Gartner guy said it, but MS agrees.)

(note: thanks to Bradley for the story link yesterday.)