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IBM Tells Employees To Hold Off WinXP SP2

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the hold-yer-horses dept.

robpoe writes "As reported by ZDNet, IBM's technology department has warned internal users to not install Windows XP SP2 until IBM can fix some known issues with the way IE6 is updated, and Big Blue can make a customized version of the patch - 'The company's technology department said the delay is 'due to known application problems and incompatibility with IBM workstation applications.''" However, the article also mentions that: "One IBM employee in the company's internal technology department characterized the decision as routine."

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  1. SCARY! by telstar · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    So IBM spends gagillions on Linux commercials ... then "leaks" a story about how work needs to be done on their (most-likely) customized internal build of WindowsXP so that SP2 will run smoothly? Why is this news? If IBM is anything like ANY big corporation ... their users aren't supposed to just install things whenever they want on corporate resources. That's not to say that they don't ... it's just that they are probably told not to.

    This isn't news. It's Slashdot being used as a puppet for IBM's marketing department. Sadly, I fear many Slashdot readers would be okay with that since it benefits Linux.

  2. Re:Scary headline by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    in my company I know it will not be approved for at LEAST another 3 months.

    Cool! What company do you work for? I want to figure out what security holes SP2 fixes and use them to hack into your computers.

  3. Flamebait by satans_advocate · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    blah blah Windows rulz linux is the suxors

    (just continuing the experiment)