I shouldn't feed the troll, but Apple released the patch and simultaneously announced the issue so there was no waiting. IIRC the trusted jailbreak community had a patch the next day. As to the rest of your rant, if you're trying to glamorize non-proprietary software by comparing it's benefits to someone technical vs. my six year old using her iPod then you really don't have much of an argument. And to those people who may have known about this and fixed it without telling anyone (which puzzles me why you made that an example of why non-proprietary software is better): FU you selfish bastards.

Apple was already mentioned so it's another Slashdot Hat Trick.

Yes. And we don't have to worry about Trojan anymore. But now that I think about it the containment wessel was shipped to Hansford and buried. It would be a real bitch to see that thing floating back downriver.

Actually, "bring it on". Bonneville (one of the five dams below it) generates a considerable amount of power for my area. On the other hand, we'll need that water this summer if we don't get more snowpack in the mountains.

For the love of god don't waken the goatse guy.

This is what I keep coming back to. You have to initially turn on (log into) iMessage to start using it. And there are complaints because you have to log out for the service to stop working? And this is a lock-in strategy? Wow.

No, free as in bend over.

You keep saying "keep it contained". It's not contained yet. "Step 1: Contain it." See the difference?

And the Bobs fixed it.

it's about the quality of the program / programmer regardless of the platform.

I can't find that information but I can find credible sources that contradict your statements.

"You're bracketing it wrong."

Not on all devices. AC posted this so it got lost in the filters: If you are able to upgrade to iOS 7, you are not able to upgrade to 6.1.6.

And it will be interesting to see how they achieve "lower cost".

You took something mature that works and gave us something broken with form over function. When you tell me "So let's all slow down" as if it's a dialog and then lecture to me that you're going to do it anyway you might as well simply say "You're reading it wrong" and be done with it.

Since I'm referencing an Internet meme to make my point I'll double-down and say, "Six lines of text ought to be enough for anybody."