http://www.reggieburnett.com/microsofts-update-stupidity-sp1/ Musings on life and technology Wed, 28 Sep 2011 05:44:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://www.reggieburnett.com/microsofts-update-stupidity-sp1/#comment-426 Jeffrey McManus Wed, 14 Mar 2007 15:27:58 +0000 /post/Microsofts-update-stupidity-SP1.aspx#comment-426 I suspect that this has a lot to do with the way that Microsoft's products penetrate corporate organizations -- it's much easier to distribute a "patch" but most organizations are more conservative about adopting a "new version" and have a big, slow bureaucracy associated with it. In a world in which some "patches" that Microsoft puts out include things like stronger DRM and "genuine advantage" cruft, this is probably the correct thing for these organizations to be doing. I suspect that this has a lot to do with the way that Microsoft’s products penetrate corporate organizations — it’s much easier to distribute a "patch" but most organizations are more conservative about adopting a "new version" and have a big, slow bureaucracy associated with it. In a world in which some "patches" that Microsoft puts out include things like stronger DRM and "genuine advantage" cruft, this is probably the correct thing for these organizations to be doing.

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