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One Patch to Rule Them All
Tim Mullen, 2002-09-30

A recent XP security hole begs the question, do we really want Microsoft to release individual fixes for every bug?

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One Patch to Rule Them All 2002-09-30
Anonymous (1 replies)
One Patch to Rule Them All 2002-10-08
Anonymous
Security patchs are diffrent 2002-09-30
Anonymous
One Patch to Rule Them All 2002-10-01
Anonymous (1 replies)
One Patch to Rule Them All 2002-10-02
Anonymous
One Patch to Rule Them All 2002-10-01
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One Patch to Rule Them All 2002-10-01
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RE: One Patch to Rule Them All 2002-10-01
Piroufreek
One Patch to Rule Them All 2002-10-01
Anonymous (1 replies)
One Patch to Rule Them All 2002-10-04
Anonymous
One Patch to Rule Them All 2002-10-01
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One Patch to Rule Them All 2002-10-01
Todd Knarr
One Patch to Rule Them All 2002-10-02
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Were dumping Microsoft!...Can't afford this kind of exposure any longer. 2002-10-02
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Were dumping Microsoft!...Can't afford this kind of exposure any longer. 2002-10-03
Anonymous (5 replies)
AMEN!! 2002-10-03
Full_Throttle
Were dumping Microsoft!...Can't afford this kind of exposure any longer. 2002-10-03
Anonymous
Bingo.

If he thinks switching to Netware and Groupwise is a solution, he's in for a big disappointment.

People act like these things are unique to Microsoft. They aren't. A lot of people need to get a &#$%&#* clue. Novell has had its share of individual patch vs. service pack issues in the past. Believe me, they've kept me awake many nights. *nix is no miracle on its own either. It takes a competent sysadmin to make any of these systems reliable.

The best solution is to have individual fixes available with occaisional roll-ups into larger packs. Individually, neither method will fit everyone's needs.


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"not a problem with the software products." 2002-10-04
Anonymous (1 replies)
One Patch to Rule Them All 2002-10-03
Darkphyber
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iDENTiTY
One Patch to Rule Them All 2002-10-04
Anonymous
He should have called this article "Flame Bait"... 2002-10-09
Anonymouse (1 replies)
"Flame Bait" 2002-10-09
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