Getting MS security patch notifications is like getting utility bills... you hate them, but you're never surprised that they keep coming.
Windows XP has auto-update checking, but you can configure it to ignore updates, download them automatically and not install them until you review them, or auto-download/auto-install. MS also rolled that out for Win 2000 earlier this year. Red Hat does something similar with Red Hat Network. For the average user, it's not a bad thing, but yeah, you're definitely held hostage to Microsoft. But hell, as soon as you install their OS you're held hostage to them, so more chains on top of what I already wear won't make much of a diff. ;) I just know that one of these patches is going to hork my product activation, I just know it... _______________________________________________________________ "A government operating in the shadow of secrecy stands in complete opposition to the society envisioned by the framers of our Constitution." - Judge Damon J. Keith, U.S. Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit Detroit Free Press, et al. v. John Ashcroft, et al. (August 26, 2002) -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Sach Jobb Sent: Friday, August 23, 2002 11:25 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [bits] new office xp, IE security holes/patches > For all you poor suckers out there forced to use windoze, among whom to my > eternal sorrow and shame I must be numbered, here are links to the newest > security patches for Office XP and IE 5.01/5.5/6.0: I thought this was a feature introduced for NT around 1995 by microsoft, they called it "Patch and Pray" or something like that? Although personally i think of it more like a trading game. You patch your NT box to see which services and applications you can break, for the ones fixed by the 'patch'. Throw on top of that a couple of new licensing agreements that won't let you sue them if it brings your business to a grinding halt, but won't let you install the patch unless agree to the license. Aw, geez, those microsoft guys always playing games. (*chortle,snort*). Cheers, sach -- "...rights are won, not granted, and power will seek any opportunity to reduce them." - Noam Chomsky _______________________________________________ Bits mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.sugoi.org/mailman/listinfo/bits _______________________________________________ Bits mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.sugoi.org/mailman/listinfo/bits
