Re: Latest kernel patch in 10.0 does not install

On Tue, 14 Feb 2006 10:02:29 +0000, Robert Hull
<Robert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Gave us:

In alt.os.linux.suse, on Mon 13 February 2006 15:13, David Wright
<david_c_wright@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

if MS release a security patch, do you advise people to leave their
systems open to attack unless they are "experimentors"?

On the contrary, if M$ issues a "security patch" (surely a classic
oxymoron) I would advise people to wait a few days to see if others had
found it broke less than it fixed rather than installing the patch to
leave their systems open to attack.


Not only that, but it won't be done until 4 to 6 months AFTER it is
actually needed.
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