Microsoft criticized Google for publicizing the details of a serious bug in Windows 8.1 few days before the release of the patch to resolve the issues.
The search engine argued that it released the information as part of its Project Zero initiative that aims to force tech companies to fix bugs within 90 days after a reported issue. Google alerted Microsoft of the serious bug on October 13, 2014, according to the Next Web.
Microsoft is riled with Google's actions as it has told the search engine giant that a patch will be released on Tuesday.
"We asked Google to work with us to protect customers by withholding details until Tuesday, January 13, when we will be releasing a fix," Microsoft's senior director of research Chris Betz said in a blog post.
"Although following through keeps to Google's announced timeline for disclosure, the decision feels less like principles and more like a 'gotcha', with customers the ones who may suffer as a result.
"What's right for Google is not always right for customers. We urge Google to make protection of customers our collective primary goal."
Other security experts agreed with Microsoft's remark, BBC News reported.
"Google was wrong with what they did," wrote one developer.
"They don't have all of the OS code so they have no idea how much other code would have to be rewritten to correct the problem. That extra coding takes time to ensure that something else doesn't get broken in the process."
As a result of this incident, Microsoft suggested to security researchers not to disclose bugs before they are fixed in order to protect the public, according to ZDNet.
"Policies and approaches that limit or ignore that partnership do not benefit the researchers, the software vendors, or our customers. It is a zero sum game where all parties end up injured," Microsoft said.
