APPLEVISION Monitor

From: Richard Erlacher <edick_at_idcomm.com>
Date: Tue May 7 00:23:46 2002

Aside from NT, the only service packs I've encountered have been for MSOffice
and for Internet Explorer.

There were a couple for some of the app's I use, but they installed without
even a reboot, even though some of them were pretty large.

Dick

----- Original Message -----
From: "Sean 'Captain Napalm' Conner" <spc_at_conman.org>
To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002 9:51 PM
Subject: Re: APPLEVISION Monitor


> It was thus said that the Great Richard Erlacher once stated:
> >
> > > So Richard, do you willy-nilly deploy Windows patches before testing?
I
> > > don't know of any large company that will do such a silly thing, as that
may
> > > break critical applications.
> >
> > Windows patches??? We don't need no stinkin' patches. There aren't any
...
> > you have to buy the next version ... OTOH, when MS distributes new DLL's,
they
> > come with the app's that require them and, if you choose to install such
an
> > app, the updated files are automatically installed for you, whether you
like
> > it or not. (Backup recommended in case you don't like the outcome!)
>
> Sorry I used the wrong terminology here. Let me try again:
>
> So Richarch, do you willy-nilly deploy Windows service packs before
> testing? I don't know of any large company that will do such a silly thing,
> as that may break critical applications.
>
> -spc (You know, things labeled SP1, SP2, etc.)
>
>
Received on Tue May 07 2002 - 00:23:46 BST