Thor Larholm <thor@xxxxxxxx> [2003:09:11:15:28:33-0700] scribed: <snip /> > One thing is sure, we will see a greater level of automation for patch > management in the future. I can reasonably imagine the default > installation of Longhorn to automatically download and install > critical > security updates, and given an agreement like we already have with > most > AV software I see no problems in that. And when that happens, m$oft will lose a very profitable bit of business, especially regarding HIPAA governed medical facilities, research labs, high security government applications, &c. The fact is, it can take many months and tens of thousands of dollars to get a single piece of medical equipment certified at a fixed and static configuration, any change from which automatically nullifies said certification. These types of enterprises cannot allow anybody to just up and change software -- patches or not -- or risk losing income, or -- worse -- going out of business. Unfortunately, automatic updates are not quite the slam dunk some might think them to be . . . -- Best Regards, mds mds resource 877.596.8237 - Dare to fix things before they break . . . - Our capacity for understanding is inversely proportional to how much we think we know. The more I know, the more I know I don't know . . . --
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