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As an outfit responsible for 380,000 machines, I would hope IBM did at least SOME testing of SP2 before putting on their business critical workstations, that is just good plain common sense. I got the impression that the article was an attack against MS, but to be fair, I am sure that IBM (and all other companies with competent educated tech personal) would do extensive testing of any update or patch for one of their mission critical workstations or servers, before rolling it out into the production environment, regardless of whether it was a windows workstation or a *nix server.
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STOP with the silly headlines.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/09/04
Sloooowwww day with any news...  Linux User 147560 | 08/09/04
It must be Monday and this must be ZDNet.  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/09/04
Or it could be Wednesday and this be the Onion.com happy  phorvath2110 | 08/09/04
This is the first (and last) time I ever opened it  jd38011 | 08/09/04
This is the first (and last) time I ever opened it  jd38011 | 08/09/04
Very true  Michael Kelly | 08/09/04
That's "news" for you  jd38011 | 08/09/04
Why is this news, and why is this bad?  tamuhockey | 08/09/04
Well, duh  Bill4 | 08/09/04
CNET backpedals on article title, ZDNet hold firm.  UncleBubba | 08/09/04
And I won't update to the latest kernel  FilledOut | 08/09/04
The latest kernel seems fine  balsover | 08/09/04
The latest  Linux User 147560 | 08/09/04
I'll do a fresh reinstall of Fedora Core2  FilledOut | 08/10/04
M$ patch breaks M$ app.  Update victim | 08/09/04
No, you misread the story, as did News.com  Confused by religion | 08/09/04
Need a little help with your reading?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 08/09/04
Another typical ABM'er  UncleBubba | 08/09/04
Of course not, IBM is used to a quality OS like Linux.  Xunil_Sierutuf | 08/09/04
So  mikeybrass | 08/09/04
Oh you  jd38011 | 08/09/04
M$hill alert from BillG himself: "Defend SP2 at all costs!"  Xunil_Sierutuf | 08/09/04
Because users are the weakest link.  jhimes | 08/09/04
Wish our people raed this...  AbsolutelyNot | 08/09/04
Shame on them  tamuhockey | 08/09/04
Other people's software?  jd38011 | 08/09/04
Well,  d_jedi | 08/09/04
Must-Read ZDNet Alert?  nikola@... | 08/09/04
Why aren't they using OS/2  angrykeyboarder | 08/09/04
rothflao  V Sanders | 08/09/04
Yes, Virginia there really is an OS/2 [still]!  Still Lynn | 08/09/04
Everyone Should Go Slow With SP2  azenhog | 08/09/04
Would he or should he?  The King's Servant | 08/09/04
Where has IBM Been?  htotten | 08/09/04
Testing...  compguy_z | 08/09/04
why couldn't me release  V Sanders | 08/09/04
This is not uncommon for any OS  balsover | 08/09/04
What is the big deal? It is just a PATCH....  michael-t | 08/09/04
ABM Alert  d_jedi | 08/09/04
RE: What is the big deal? It is just a PATCH....  jsapaj | 08/10/04
MS to test software, but Opensource everyone tests?  gc@... | 08/10/04
Another Microsoft Blunder (DUH!)  Proteous | 08/11/04

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