Comment Re:The REAL Truth (Score 1) 325
1. yes your right their are alot of internal web apps. Didn't Microsoft just release a patch for one of their web apps that sp2 kills late last week.
2. Uhh yeah they pretty much do...All corporate loads at least in N.A. are corporate loads which have ISSI installed. which does all the updates they want you to do.
3. Your right no email, but I have never ever got one email saying to use windowsupdate. At least not from any legitimate source. In fact I'm pretty sure I've gotten ones saying don't use it and let ISSI update for you.
4. Are you serious! Come on, what kind of company doesn't test patches. Esp. when they're pushing them out to 150,000 + machines.
5. I dunno about this. Unless your're not using company hardware, or not hooked up to internal network.
6. Yes they run security checks against all systems monthly. Which really doesn't do all that much, just checks your policy settings (open accounts/screensavers/etc..)and check for notes database encryption.
Sounds to me like your just not very happy with your job...I will be the 1st to admit that yes there's alot of corporate crap at IBM, but not any more then any other huge corp. This is standard prcatice. They just want to make sure people don't install it before they release it. With all the hype surrounding it, can you blame them.
This story is a complete non issue...The fact that it was even slashdotted is a joke.
2. Uhh yeah they pretty much do...All corporate loads at least in N.A. are corporate loads which have ISSI installed. which does all the updates they want you to do.
3. Your right no email, but I have never ever got one email saying to use windowsupdate. At least not from any legitimate source. In fact I'm pretty sure I've gotten ones saying don't use it and let ISSI update for you.
4. Are you serious! Come on, what kind of company doesn't test patches. Esp. when they're pushing them out to 150,000 + machines.
5. I dunno about this. Unless your're not using company hardware, or not hooked up to internal network.
6. Yes they run security checks against all systems monthly. Which really doesn't do all that much, just checks your policy settings (open accounts/screensavers/etc..)and check for notes database encryption.
Sounds to me like your just not very happy with your job...I will be the 1st to admit that yes there's alot of corporate crap at IBM, but not any more then any other huge corp. This is standard prcatice. They just want to make sure people don't install it before they release it. With all the hype surrounding it, can you blame them.
This story is a complete non issue...The fact that it was even slashdotted is a joke.
