Fine for a general mail/wordprocessing/internet surfing system, dangerous for a
special use system.
I end up telling customers almost every day "yeah, time to reinstall the OS"
because some update has caused our software or hardware not to work.
Mac OS 10.4.7 was a great example, it broke our dongle driver. Windows XP SP2
made some of our systems crash when you did "about" which I found
interesting....
-Curt
Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2006 23:03:29 -0500
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Craig --
WinDoze systems can be configured to automatically grab updates. That
is how
my work computer is set and when I walked into work today I had to
reboot
due to updates.
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Thanks. That explains it.
Gerry
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rich Thomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Read the Windows/Mac entry a couple down, and some of the comments --
> kinda interesting.
> http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/
> I don't care much one way or the other, whatever floats your boat, or
> propels your car.
> --R
>
> archer wrote:
>> I accidentally hit two keys on an ATM the other day and it crashed. It
>> rebooted automatically as Windows XP. It was amazing that a bank would
>> use >> Windows XP when it is the target of so many attacks.
>> Also, it seems like nearly all the local small businesses, professionals,
>> etc. are using Windows workstations and Windows servers. Is Windows so
>> much
>> better than other workstations/servers that others cannot compete?
>> Gerry
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