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I think the assessment of the risks needs to be looked at again. It may have made sense at one time to be conservative with system updates and do a lot of testi

I think the assessment of the risks needs to be looked at again. It may have made sense at one time to be conservative with system updates and do a lot of testing before rolling them out. In earlier days, OS updates were typically not security patches but new versions or major service packs. Behavior and APIs changed. But these days, what's worse: Dealing with some production issues due to an OS security update (really rather unlikely, and the patch infrastructure supports rolling back), or having your entire company taken offline by malware like WannaCry?

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Spooky23 9y ago
Huh? The risks are way worse than they once were. Microsoft ships a lot more broken shit than they did in the past, plus everything is bundled in such a way that it’s easy to reinflict wounds. Wormable stuff like Wanacry is usually identified and can be addressed as an emergency. Otherwise, rolling out patches in production quicker than 30-60 days is just unwise in a big or complex environment.