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Langa Letter: Microsoft's Problematic Updates | |
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| Time: 00:56 EST/05:56 GMT | News Source: InformationWeek | Posted By: Todd Richardson | ||
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There's good news, there's bad news, and then there's even worse news.
The good news is that Microsoft has an extremely active Windows Update service, delivering a steady stream of bug fixes, patches, and updates for Windows and its essential subsystems, such as Internet Explorer.
The bad news is that Microsoft needs this service to be extremely active, because there are a lot of problems in Windows software and because malicious hackers work harder to find exploitable security flaws in Windows than in any other type of software.
The worse news is that, sometimes, Microsoft patches and updates cause more trouble than the problem they're trying to remedy: The cure can be worse than the disease.
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| #1 By 7797 (64.244.109.161) at 5/18/2003 11:54:50 AM |
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Not to mention that these updates from redhat include packages that wouldn't even be part of microsoft's Windows updates. MySQL, squirrelmail. And then Redhat has to account for EVERY windows manager they include, KDE, Gnome, etc etc. while windows only has one. I'm tired of idiots trying to compare this crap.
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| #2 By 7797 (63.76.44.99) at 5/19/2003 8:11:43 AM |
| parker, like i said before: I'm tired of idiots trying to compare this crap. Its obvious you don't know enough to see why its not as easy as you make it seem. |
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