In general, I find InfoWorld to be in the sensationalism game. I have, over time, seen a lot of .NET patching funkiness, but I haven't seen what is being described in this article.
As for the multiple version question, it doesn't seem like the author understands how .NET is laid out. (This isn't saying that I agree with how it is laid out, but the issue is well known and easily understood.) * * *ASB* *http://XeeMe.com/AndrewBaker* *Harnessing the Advantages of Technology for the SMB market… * On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 10:05 AM, Stu Sjouwerman <[email protected]>wrote: > Guys, see this article in InfoWorld? **** > > ** ** > > “ For reasons unknown and unexplained, Microsoft pushed three .Net > patches -- *KB 2518864* <http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2518864> (MS11-044, > June 2011),*KB 2572073* <http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2572073> (MS11-078, > October 2011), and *KB 2633880* <http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2633880> > (MS12-016, > February 2012) -- out the Windows Update chute. If you happen to be running > Windows XP or Windows Server 2003, with .Net Framework 2.0 SP2 or 3.5 SP 1, > and if you're naive enough to leave Automatic Updates turned on, you > probably got nailed with a yellow alert icon that says, "Some updates could > not be installed." Click through the alert and you see that Automatic > Update couldn't install any of the three patches.” Here is the full > article. **** > > ** ** > > > http://www.infoworld.com/t/microsoft-windows/its-time-run-net-out-of-town-193939? > **** > > ** ** > > Seen this in your environment or is this a controversy created by the > Press?**** > > ** ** > > Warm regards,**** > > > Stu **** > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
