We had a fairly major battle about this on MVP lists recently (in regards to servers).
The "official word" was: Don't use IE on a server. Use WSUS or SMS or transfer the patch files and build your patch scripts. Me, personally, I found the response to be a load of crapola. Regards, Michael B. Smith MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com -----Original Message----- From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2008 12:15 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Silverlight? I would expect they are going to get hit with a backlash about this. Especially from people that only want to access downloads/kb/technet. I would hope those sites components could be kept Silverlight-free. I dont install flash on my servers, and I certainly wont install silverlight. For ditch-effort downloads direct to my servers for when something goes wrong in the night etc, this is going to make a big extra set for me if I have to download to another system first. I hope someone from Microsoft is lurking. On Jan 3, 2008 12:00 PM, Angus Scott-Fleming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 27 Dec 2007 at 12:26, Steve Kelsay wrote: > > > WTH is Microsoft Silverlight, and why and I suddenly besieged by pop ups > > wanting me to install it? > > > > Please, Mommy, make it go away! (G) > > Bad news, you're probably going to have to install Silverlight soon, at least > if you have senior-level users [PHBs] who access microsoft.com for any reason. > > ------- Included Stuff Follows ------- > Slashdot | MS To Push Silverlight Via Redesigned Microsoft.com > "It looks like Microsoft is getting desperate about the dismal rates of > Silverlight adoption by consumers and developers since its release earlier > this year. According to NeoSmart Technologies, Microsoft is preparing a > fully Silverlight-powered redesign of their website [1], doing away with > most HTML pages entirely. With over 60 million unique users visiting > Microsoft.com a month, Microsoft's last-ditch effort might be what it > takes to breathe some life back into Silverlight. The article notes: 'At > the moment, very few non-Microsoft-owned sites are using Silverlight at > all; let alone for the entire UI.'" > --------- Included Stuff Ends --------- > http://slashdot.org/articles/08/01/03/1537227.shtml > > [1] http://neosmart.net/blog/2008/redesigned-microsoft-website-to-use- > silverlight/ > > The article has the following line which *_may_* mean we can avoid it for a > while ... > > "While Microsoft will no doubt be making an alternative HTML interface > available for a mixture of legal and practical purposes, ..." > > The article concludes with: > > You can either view NeoSmart Technologies screenshot gallery [2] of the > upcoming Microsoft.com re-design or attempt to access the beta link [3] > directly (working as of 01/03/08); but still pictures don't really do the > interface justice. Where the new UI really shines is the overall grace and > fluidity of the interface, with gentle hover effects and fade in/out > transitions that are done just right. > > [2] http://neosmart.net/gallery/v/apps/Silverlight_MS/ > [3] http://www.microsoft.com/beta/downloads/About.aspx > > Egads. > > A > > -- > Angus Scott-Fleming > GeoApps, Tucson, Arizona > 1-520-290-5038 > +-----------------------------------+ > > > > > > ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ > -- ME2 ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~ ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
