From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII X-Google-Thread: 103376,52a0bacbcdd2da17 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-08-15 01:22:38 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!bloom-beacon.mit.edu!nycmny1-snh1.gtei.net!washdc3-snh1.gtei.net!news.gtei.net!ngpeer.news.aol.com!newsfeed1!bredband!uio.no!ntnu.no!not-for-mail From: Preben Randhol Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Realtime/embedded project to help with employment. Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2003 08:22:38 +0000 (UTC) Organization: Norwegian university of science and technology Message-ID: References: <3F367B39.8060108@noplace.com> <1060611604.45048@master.nyc.kbcfp.com> <3F38DEBC.8040208@noplace.com> <78g_a.4373$UB4.3323@nwrdny01.gnilink.net> <3F3ABAED.3060006@attbi.com> <3F3BA498.20709@attbi.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: kiuk0152.chembio.ntnu.no Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: tyfon.itea.ntnu.no 1060935758 24364 129.241.83.78 (15 Aug 2003 08:22:38 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@itea.ntnu.no NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2003 08:22:38 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: slrn/0.9.7.4 (Linux) Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:41480 Date: 2003-08-15T08:22:38+00:00 List-Id: Robert I. Eachus wrote: > Which assumes that Windows will work properly after the update. But the > reality is that the third party vendor had a reason for distributing an > update to their driver. Reinstalling the earlier version that is part > of Windows is going to break something, or reinstall a security hole > that the user thought he had fixed. Actually I yesterday heard (after our university got attacked by the MSBlast worm) that for one of our large equipments it was not allowed to install windows updates because the program that controlled the equipment (which is used for scientific work) would break. I told the person in charge to contact the company and get the software fixed as we cannot have a machine which is online so vunerable. Of course my point is that the machine should not be online at all, but that is not so easy to get through. -- �I think fish is nice, but then I think that rain is wet. So who am I to judge.� - The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy (radioplay)