On Mon, 21 Feb 2000 12:23:51 Jacques Gelinas wrote:
[...]
> You are missing something important. If you only apply the NT service
> pack, then you lack the hotfixes. Applying only service pack is equivalent
> to keep up to date with redhat releases. RedHat do something like 2
> releases a year (6.2 is already in beta I think).
>
> So if you only follow the "once in a while service pack", you are missing
> the intermediate updates.
Except for one thing: hotfixes are usually not generally available.
Microsoft will make really serious problems fixable with a hotfix that
is
downloadable. An example is the bug that makes NT4 barf all over a
drive
larger than 8.4GB. Other fixes are listed as "not fully
regression-tested"
and soforth, and you have to contact Microsoft directly to get them.
-W-
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