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Applying a patch to everyone at the same seems risky (not to mention scaling issues). Can't they stagger the patch, so if there is an issue with it then only so

by dalore 12y ago

Applying a patch to everyone at the same seems risky (not to mention scaling issues). Can't they stagger the patch, so if there is an issue with it then only some users have an issue instead of everyone.

GotAnyMegadeth 12y ago
If it was an important security patch for a bug that hadn't been publicly disclosed, rolling out to a few machines might be as good as disclosing the bug.
danielweber 12y ago
I don't think I'm exaggerating when I say that there is no other company in the world that understands the effects of releasing patches as much as Microsoft does. Large enterprises already have centralized patch management, so they can decide how fast it gets pushed downstream to their users after MS releases the patch.