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."

Comments

Caution is good

[tepp]

This isn't news.

When Service Pack 1 was released there were so many errors that Service Pack 1 A was shortly released to fix the worst of them. And the hotfixes still keep on coming.

I think I'd rather trust our own internal Q&A department over Microsoft's. Remember, they shipped Windows XP with thousands of unfixed bugs, and considered that good!

SP2, SP2, SP2

[Khanar]

There are currently 3 Windows XP SP2 stories on the front page, plus another one on Microsoft patches in general.

Is there really so little happening in the world?

color

[minus_273]

here is a link with proper color

OH NO! Will Slashdot hold off too?

[scruffy]

Does this mean /. will hold off on changing this horrid color scheme until it's determined that nothing bad will happen? Like being able to read titles and links?

Re:Scary headline

[Pharmboy]

Yea, but if its common at IBM to not install patches until they are made to work with Microsoft's updates, you have to start asking:

Is Microsoft intentionally making the patches not play nicely with IBM software? It wouldn't be the first time, would it? No, I don't have a tinfoil hat on, but IF IBM gets cozier with Novell (or buys it) it will be positioned to be Microsoft's competition with SuSE, which is argueably the best distro for home users and the business desktop.