Jon, you already know from past experience how much I value your opinion :)
On 8/24/2025 8:18 AM, Jon Perryman wrote:
On Sat, 23 Aug 2025 15:40:29 -0700, Tom Brennan <t...@tombrennansoftware.com>
wrote:
Start imitating the installation methods on Windows/Apple/Android.
ROTFLOL. You should have had this discussion 10 days ago before Microsoft
maintenance screwed the pooch AGAIN! I fantasized about an SMP/e for MS
Windows.
The timing is ironic. We're on Day 11 of this patch corrupting SSDs, crashing
systems and impacting SSD performance. Remove the patch you say but do this at
your own peril because some users are reporting it crashes in the middle of the
restore. Surely MS is helping but they remain eerily silent without giving us
status updates, guidance or recommendations. Symptoms and workarounds are
speculation by users. It's day 11 and I've left the patch installed, paused
updates to avoid a fix that may be worse than the original problem and avoiding
the activities that people speculate as being the cause. Chatgpt can tell you
about the SSD problem:
https://chatgpt.com/share/68aac2d2-cfe4-8004-a3db-9754ee42419d May I remind
you this is not the first time patches have gone wrong.
If this were SMP/e processes, a series of actions would have occurred on day 1,
the most important being the hiper notification. Sure, let's take expert advice
from Microsoft because they are far more skilled at system maintenance.
Anybody can do installs on those platforms.
Incorrect. Anyone can install and update "applications". System maintenance is
through a completely different process where you have little to no control.
If we did the same thing with z/OS products there's no need for SMP/E on the
user side.
People no longer understand SMP/e. It's more than just a tool. People don't
understand the processes are just as important. We've come full circle back to
the days before SMP.
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