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rickking — Tue, 21 Oct 2003 09:14:00 GMT

Jerry,

All valid and very important points. I clearly and completely understand the business issues associated with this, but I'm not asking that we change the directoin, or even the focus. The focus has and always should be 'All systems must be patched'. This should extend to ALL systems - period.

I think it's important once again to stress that I'm not asking for feature and function for illegal systems. Just that these systems find it as easy to receive patches as possible.

As to the data - I think that the data is irrelavent. there is no way to KNOW how many are out there. But again, if all that we are talking about is a security fix, it's in Microsoft's best interest to make the patch available in the easiest manner possible.

As we've been discussing, and is taking a center stage, patching is not easy int eh first place. Why make it any harder for security patches to be applied to any system - regardless of status?

And, hearing the 'We don't support illegal software' is not an argument. It's an excuse to move beyond the obvious.

In my opinion, this is simply 'business as usual' and we must challenge Microsoft - at least in this one area - to think outside of the Corporate box.

-rtk

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rickking — Fri, 17 Oct 2003 00:46:00 GMT

I hear this argument and it makes some sense. I would argue however that the percentages of unpatched legitimate users is a lot larger problem than illegal users. But who can say? Without hard numbers, it's hard to make a case. Some people say it's a huge problem and others say it's tiny. Who has the data to back it up? So my crusade is going to target legitimate systems and try to get those secure first. Once we have all those taken care of, then we know the ones that are left are illegal systems?

But please don't get me wrong. I'm not saying that I don't think this is a problem. All I'm saying is that there are other equally large problems to deal with as well.

I mentioned data earlier. I did look around for some on the piracy issue but did not find any. This reminds me of a sign I once saw above the desk of a statistician once. It said "in God we trust, all others must bring data". I've always found this to be true in the corporate world. When ever you want the corporation to spend, you have to show the extent of the issue(prove that it's a worth cause), the cost of the effort and the ROI.

re: The Issue of Illegal Software and Patching

rickking — Thu, 16 Oct 2003 14:34:00 GMT

Looks like it's going to be "Secure By Purchase" after all...

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