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Microsoft Takes a 'Patch Tuesday' Break

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the wish-i-could-take-a-post-friday-break dept.

Phill0 submitted a ZD story about Microsoft's week off which says "Microsoft has no new security updates planned for Tuesday, despite at least five zero-day vulnerabilities that are waiting to be fixed. The patch break could be a welcome respite for IT managers still busy testing the dozen fixes Microsoft released last month. Also, many IT pros may be occupied with the switch to daylight saving time, which at the behest of Congress, is happening three weeks earlier this year. "

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  1. DST by Chicken04GTO · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Stupid congress and their DST. How much energy do they think we will save by moving up DST 3 weeks? How much economic loss will be caused by companies all over the place busting their ass trying to get all kinds of systems pathced and working right...?

    Idiot congresspeople.

    1. Re:DST by sconeu · · Score: 4, Insightful

      The economic loss is grossly exagerated like the w2k bug that NEVER hAPENNED

      Which Windows 2000 bug was that?

      Oh, you meant Y2K? Yeah, it "never happened" because thousands of dedicated professionals worked for years to fix and upgrade old systems.

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  2. What about when they realize it was stupid? by PornMaster · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Are we going to have to re-patch everything in a year or two when they change it back?

    On the good side, we found out what doesn't come back up automatically after a reboot on the Sun systems that needed the libc patch, too.

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