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Microsoft Recommends you Ignore Microsoft-Recommended Update

posted by martyb on Monday June 26 2017, @01:26PM   Printer-friendly
from the well-recommended dept.

The Register is reporting that Microsoft recommends that you NOT install the recommended .NET Framework 4.7 update:

Earlier this month, Microsoft gave the world .NET Framework 4.7 and urged users to install it for the usual reasons: more fun bits to play with and a security improvements.

But two days later the company urged Exchange users not to install it ASAP, because it hadn't validated it yet. Last Friday - 10 days after the launch of the new code - it reminded users of Lync and Skype for Business not to install it either.

[...] "We are in the process of validating Exchange Server on the .NET Framework 4.7, but the work is not yet complete".

While that validation is happening, "please delay this particular .NET update on your Exchange servers".

If you followed the original recommendation and installed the framework, and now wish to follow their new recommendation, then Microsoft recommends you follow these instructions to roll it back.

 
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  • (Score: 2) by maxwell demon on Tuesday June 27 2017, @04:52AM (1 child)

    by maxwell demon (1608) on Tuesday June 27 2017, @04:52AM (#531754) Journal

    Compared to Windows, Linux is a huge mess that most people, even competent programmers, don't want to bother with.

    Nonsense. Linux on the Desktop has two problems, neither of which has to do with the system as such:

    • The classic chicken/egg problem. Because it has so few users, little software is developed for it. And because there's so little software developed for it, few people use it.

      Note that this problem is gradually getting better, albeit slowly.

    • The mentality of the typical user. For Desktop Linux, there are mainly two types of users: First, those who don't want to use proprietary software. Since the majority of the software industry relies on the proprietary software model, this means they won't sell to that crowd. And second, those who use Linux because it doesn't cost them anything. well, obviously there's not much profit in selling to those.

    Note that the situation is completely different on the server side, which proves that the system as such isn't the problem.

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  • (Score: 2) by FatPhil on Tuesday June 27 2017, @08:33AM

    by FatPhil (863) <{pc-soylent} {at} {asdf.fi}> on Tuesday June 27 2017, @08:33AM (#531810) Homepage
    Don't forget the third Linux market segment - those who want their computers to look like it's still the '90s! I really don't make use of any of the features that have been added to xterm since then, so it's only fitting that my desktop tiled with xterms looks identical to how it did 2 decades ago. My bourne-compatible shell likewise has barely changed, so even my $PS1 is unchanged.
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