On 11 Jan 2002 at 9:20, Andrew Raibeck kindly wrote, in part: > This 4.2.1.20 Windows NT/2000/XP client patch has gone through some > function and system testing. We support its use in a production > environment. ...
I really like the seemingly more frequent patch levels for the Windows client ... and sometimes recommend them for "use in a production environment", but this is the first time I recall Tivoli suggesting same. If this is really the one we should be using, why isn't it 4.2.2? I really like the notion that a patch level is there to fix particular problems that affect a relatively small portion of users, was recognized as not having been tested as much as a fix level, and thus potentially not of the quality that we require in our general production use. So I'm ecstatic and disappointed. I wish for Tivoli to find a way out of its apparent testing quagmire, while at the same time recognizing the quality of client installation and operation is superior now to most any time in the past. Maybe all the test time saved by distributing production level patches could be used to provide a more functional VM server? Nah ... been down that Friday Afternoon road. cheers, wayne Wayne T. Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] ADSM Technical Coordinator - UNET University of Maine System
