IBM Tells Employees To Hold Off WinXP SP2

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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Every BIG COMPANY works like this!

[callipygian-showsyst]

They'd rather that the IT dep't decide when its time to do an update than individual users.

Isn't this routine for every company?

[tkrotchko]

Generally, companies don't allow employees to start patching on their own, it goes through an internal Q&A process, and then is pushed out from internal sites, not direct from MS.

Just the bandwidth alone would force companies to use internal update sites!

So I'm not sure what the story is here.