On Sun, Dec 14, 2008 at 5:17 PM, Ron Halstead <rdhalst...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thank you Mike. I'll use your reply as the root cause. Yes, it has to be > perfect. My company is in the nuclear industry for the Department of Energy. > Nuclear culture does not allow mistakes as they can cause things to "glow in > the dark". Thus, the culture covers everything, including patching.
well, I hope that the rest of *their* process is as perfect as you are looking for, such as regression testing in a lab with new patches for all existing software, rolling out through live upgrade, and other such "RAS" processes that reduce complexity and handle failures well.
