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  3. November 2003

RE: how we will program in the future

> From: Adam Lang
>
> "it is
> asking a lot to expect Joe User to perform arcane and undocumented
> system security tasks on his home PC."
> 
> Like letting auto update run? :p

Auto update is definitely a step in the right direction!!!  But it's
still pretty buggy.  On my last four PCs the following has happened:

1. Auto-update broke my PC, causing IE and other applications to stop
working.  That machine has since been retired.

2. Auto-update itself broke (it couldn't apply one of the patches it
downloaded, and so it could never fully update).  This required a
complete reinstall in order to get it working again.

Two others have not had problems.  A 50% success rate.  Auto update is
not the universal panacaea.

Joe

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