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Maybe you need to read it
---red the redhat erratta before posting.... geez.---

----maybe you should read it...geeZ.----

Tell me, how many single machines do you have that are workstations, servers, web servers, mail servers,database servers, have office suite loaded on them, are used for multimedia, are used for routers, are used for firewalls, are used for file storage, are in a cluster, are used as a domain controller, are used for font servers, are used for DNS servers, are used for FTP servers, are used for print servers, are used to bridge networks and have an e-mail client used daily?

None, of course. Redhat errata cover every piece of software ever distributed by Redhat and between 85% and 95% of the Redhat errate will not apply to any given machine.

Now, compare that to how many critical M$ updates apply to every M$ machine you have. That, too, is easy. Every critical update applies to 90% of your M$ machines.

Of course, being an M$ shill we all understand you didn't know there was a difference between an operating system and applications that run on that operating system since M$ told you everything is part of their OS.
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Yeah, but ...  Still Peter | 10/22/03
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Re: well,  Still Peter | 10/22/03
hmm...  epohs | 10/22/03
These new talkbacks suck  Patrick Jones | 10/22/03
New Talkbacks really suck  JoeMama_z | 10/22/03
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The cost of getting an OFFICE  Still Peter | 10/22/03
Funny how greed makes companies stupid.  Arrg | 10/22/03
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Bah... It ruined my table.  Damon K | 10/22/03
Thanks to everyone for the replies  Arrg | 10/22/03
One possible reason  Fanatical Desperado | 10/22/03
Another way to look at this  FreeBSD | 10/22/03
Re: Funny how greed makes companies stupid  issthatso | 10/22/03
Funny how you make your self look stupid  nucrash | 10/22/03
Not quite right.  Damon K | 10/22/03
I know  Fanatical Desperado | 10/22/03
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too much coffie?  JoeMama_z | 10/22/03
Too much M$BS  zd-spam | 10/22/03
last one  JoeMama_z | 10/22/03
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