Interesting article here on patching: http://www.csoonline.com/read/080103/patch.html
or did i get that link from this list anyway (sorry if i did, i think it was NZLUG) On Wed, 13 Aug 2003 14:59:15 +1200 "Fisher, Robert (FXNZ CHC)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > With these latest security flaws being taken advantage of on MS products I > thought I should audit some of our machines here at work. > > It was laughable reading the MS blurb regarding NT Service Packs. > > They went from SP1 through to SP6 then there was SP6a and they said there > would probably be a SP7. > Then they said there were fewer problems with the mature product so SP7 > would not be coming. > > Now they have launched "NT4 Service pack 6a security rollup" > > Is NT deprecated? > > It has certainly depreciated. > > Rob > > -----Original Message----- > From: Nick Rout [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, 13 August 2003 2:24 p.m. > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: "depreciated" deprecated > > I hate to be pedantic, but I am, and not getting at anyone in particular, > its a universal problem, the word is "deprecated" not "depreciated",and > this sentence is too long and bad english. > > > depreciation is an accounting term. you buy an asset, it depreciates and > becomes worth less money, as in "I paid $250 for this windows 95 license > and now I can only sell it for peanuts, thats depreciation for you" > > deprecation is a term of disapproval, you invent a better method of > command substitution and deprecate the old method (these words are often > referred to in the context of a feature that will be removed at some > point, as in "support by this manufacturer for microsoft operating > systems is deprecated in favour of open source software, and support for > microsoft may be removed entirely in future versions without warning" > -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
