Ray Mullins wrote:
Also, Microsoft has the tendency to roll multiple fixes into one patch,
while Linux patches are distributed individually. This was also discussed
earlier when a MS-leaning organization noted that Firefox had more fixes
than IE in the 3rd quarter of this year - but if you counted the individual
fixes in the few Microsoft patches, the scales tipped well in the other
direction.
So, if each patch has 6 fixes in it on average, then there were 222 real
fixes. (Not that I know actual numbers.
There's a few other comments that invite "read between the lines", like
"imaginary IT departments".
Has anyone read the SI report?
Would anyone here, under any circumstances, attempt to upgrade (not
update) GLIBC on SLE8 or RHEL 3?*
The attempt to do that is the major cause of the Linux failure.
The report makes some points which need a sensible response.
* I did install glibc fron RHL 6.x on 5.x, but
a) It was my personal box
b) I knew it was risky behaviour
c) I had a backup, so fixing it (I didn't actually have to roll it out)
was easy
d) I didn't have a boss to shoot me if it broke
e) I didn't have a support contract to worry about.
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Cheers
John
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