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Microsoft: Patches, Patches Everywhere!

Posted by timothy on from the and-not-a-patch-they-think dept.

Ridgelift writes "Even though Microsoft's recently announce they would not be issuing any new patches for the month of December, the boys at Redmond were scrambling today to figure out why some systems are being patched. The reason? They haven't got a clue."

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  3. atm? by poison_reverse · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    speaking of patches, these dumbass banks better patch their atm's running xp-

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  4. I already switched by cavemanf16 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I have already migrated to Linux, and hence don't care about Microsoft patches anymore.

    And you know what, Linux isn't that great initially. The install can be a little tough depending on the distro, not all my stuff is instantly recognized, yadda yadda yadda, but now that I've been fudging around with it for a while, WOW! My server just sits there and WORKS without crashing after X days. My main "power" machine just keeps on churning away, and installing new programs NEVER requires a reboot (unless it's the kernel of course).

    Not to mention the fact that security updates are ready in days or hours, not weeks or months. Sure, it's a challenge to get Linux up and running to the place where it really rocks, but it's worth it. To those of you who aren't all consumed with the latest Windows game(s), give Linux a try. It does email, web surfing, office apps, audio apps, and a lot of other stuff right off most FTP servers, so it's not a piece of crap anymore.

    I will also bet you that your paranoia level will go down quite a bit when you start using the inherently, by-design, more secure Linux. (Or any *BSD if that's how you swing)

  5. Re:What's the big deal? by orange_6 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    well, if Linux had a decent equalivalent to 3DS Max, Photoshop, Illustrator, sampling software, looping software, midi software, etc. maybe. Why don't you just go out and write all them for me, then I'll switch.

    Until then, I'll keep applying patches.

  6. Re:The apparent lack of a patch. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    A patch byt my sister, once.

  7. Re:Monthly patches are stupid by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Word.

  8. Except in Soviet Russia ... by Dukael_Mikakis · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    So the computers are patching themselves now, are they?

    ... where computers patch YOU!

  9. - 1 off topic, virus posing as a MS update by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    this past month i have been getting a total of at least 100 emails of the same virus, which poses as a MS update (therefore this is on topic), spoofs the sender's address, and is about 142 to 155 kb in size