Well, hurrumph! I find the response to be just about the same. I don't visit microsoft.com for updating my servers. I visit it directly from servers for emergencies: Which is primarily for information searching, and updates/hotfixes.
If I'm doing this; I not only don't have the luxury of waiting for a WSUS cycle to kick-off, but its 99.9% likely that what I am looking on their site is not applicable to WSUS at all. And I very well may not have the luxury of having another network accessible system in order to use Silverlight-embedded features. This can seriously cut into the turn-around time for a problem resolution. This is very disappointing to think about. Thanks for the info though. Its good to have this a consideration ahead of time. On Jan 3, 2008 12:25 PM, Michael B. Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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> ~ > -- ME2 ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
