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  • Patch-Fatigued Users Contemplate Ditching Microsoft

    09/15/2003 1:30:06 PM PDT · by HAL9000 · 172 replies · 260+ views
    InternetWeek ^ | September 15, 2003 | John Foley, George V. Hulme
    With the Blaster worm seeming to be under control, alleged virus-author Jeffrey Parson under house arrest in Minnesota, and hacker Adrian Lamo under the watchful eye of the feds, business-technology managers may have enjoyed a few hours of peace and quiet last week. But it was short-lived. On Sept. 10, Microsoft issued a security bulletin warning of three new critical vulnerabilities in the Windows operating system, sending systems administrators rushing to patch their computers. It's become an all-too-common scenario--and one that's causing some businesses to re-evaluate their heavy reliance on Microsoft products. A year-and-a-half after Bill Gates declared that...