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List:       nt-mgrs
Subject:    Re: [nt-mgrs] SP6
From:       Ken McCracken <ken () engr ! orst ! edu>
Date:       1999-11-12 15:21:22
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My understanding has always been that service packs and hot fixes should only be
used when it is known they will solve an existing problem.  Microsoft has
consistently recommended this policy.  They make no secret of the fact that
service packs and hot fixes are not beta tested, and can create more problems
than they solve.

In other words, as always; try it, test it, and use at your own risk.

Tim Scoff wrote:

>      On a serious note, does anyone have any experience with SP6 in a
> production environment?  Is it stable on servers with a low to medium load?
> Should I consider installing it or should I pass on it the same way I
> passed on SP5 for my servers?
>
>      Thank you.
>
> --On Thursday, November 11, 1999, 12:56 PM -0400 "Pablo Roufogalis L."
> <proufo@ccs.internet.ve> wrote:r
>
> > Hello to all.
> >
> > I have pondered the advisability of installing SP6 in our servers. having
> > read lots of info on the internet I believe the following:
> >
> > 1) NT users are whiners, who should be buying more Microsoft products
> > instead of brown-nosing the DOJ.
> >
> > 2) Microsoft is, as Mr. Gates indicated in his speech after the DOJ report
> > was released, absolutely commited to the customer, and has always been.
> >
> > 3) As a proof, all bugs introduced in SP6 will be addressed in the 2000
> > upgrade, which will be available at your favorite Microsoft dealer.
> >
> > 4) In case the DOJ actions create anguish with the programmers and
> > managers at Microsoft so bugs can't be solved in the initial release,
> > they will be addressed in a forthcoming second release, available as an
> > upgrade to NT2000 licencees.
> >
> > There. Can you think of a company more commited to innovation and the
> > customer?
> >
> > Perhaps Allaire, yes.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> >
> >
> > Pablo Roufogalis L.
> > proufo@internet.ve
> >
> >
>
> Tim Scoff
> tim@scoff.net
> http://www.pathway.net/tcn/
>
> "Trust the computer industry to shorten "Year 2000" to Y2K.  It was this
> kind of thinking that caused the problem in the first place."

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