On Wed, 2004-10-13 at 09:38, Anthony Boynes wrote: > --- Bart Garst wrote: > > > Now, I'm off to do my system upgrades (Debian Sarge), 133 packages to be > > upgraded over the last couple weeks, (kinda puts the hundreds of patches > > quote into perspective). > > > > Bart > > > > Debian Sarge is still a designated testing release. How many of those are > actually security fixes? How many security updates have been issued for > Debian stable recently? > > Maybe MS should follow Debian's model of stable, testing, unstable, etc. > ;) --- you should send them your suggestion ;-) Obviously updates - for security or maintenance issues are part of every OS. I thought the more important issue was the statement by Balmer a week or so ago that security updates for IE were only going to happen for WinXP - SP2 versions - pretty much obsoleting any other version of Windows. I expected to hear a lot of repercussions on that issue but it remains a sleeper. Craig --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss