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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. Funny by jayminer · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    It's a funny thing that I can promise that I have seen this in previous slashdot comments.
    Strange.

  2. Horrible Color Scheme by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Click here for the standard green version.

    1. Re:Horrible Color Scheme by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Click here for the standard green version.
      Close, but but no cigar

  3. Huh? by tarkie101 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Well this is just daft! How can IBM tell Microsoft customers to become potentially unsupported so that IBM software will work. This is Big Blue flexing its corportate might so that it doesnt have to fix the workings of its own software and by coincidence tying in its customers to a PC support contract to boot.

  4. Quick! by Mateito · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    See this thread and repost all the funny, insightful and informative comments. (Nasty color scheme preserved).

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  5. Re:SP2, SP2, SP2 by YugtheC · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Well, there was a little girl crossing the road today, and she didn't get hit by a car. There, that's real news for ya! ciao

  6. Troll by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Penis Penis Penis!

  7. Re:color by tmbg37 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    shit.slashdot.org? I know that a lot of regular stories on slashdot are BS, but an entire section devoted to it?

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  8. Offtopic by sean23007 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Your post has the wrong title. It should have been called "Funny".

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  9. Re:color by Peyna · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    basically any name that doesn't have a specified color defaults to the regular green.

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  10. Changes to Functionality in Windows XP SP2 by kc_cyrus · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    Changes to Functionality in Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2

    MS posted this article yesterday in Technet website, It's good to read it for more technical details.

  11. Doesn't make sense by PingPongBoy · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I thought a big company like IBM, who started the IBM PC revolution for goodness sake, would have been working closely with Microsoft to keep their customers as happy as possible. Now I see very very few IBM machines on desktops. It all adds up. IBM may be wonderful for inventing new technology but they don't offer anything competitive in terms of price and service to the little guy, especially people with limited computer experience.

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