Windows cracked - no patch packed

Again the public is faced with a problem in the Windows operating system. A few days ago it was announced by Microsoft that the "best operating system in the world" has another flaw but the solution, a patch, was not yet ready. That's like ringing the alarm bell for a fire but there is no water...yet. While some unofficial patches are available, the main man chose to sleep a little longer on this "fire". How is it that we can land a man on the moon but can't get an operating system that works? I guess that the easy answer is to turn off the computer until the patch is available and lose income rather than risk malicious software eating your hard drive.