{"id":269,"date":"2005-12-13T20:44:10","date_gmt":"2005-12-14T04:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/feeds.computerworld.com\/Computerworld\/MartinMCBrown?m=41"},"modified":"2005-12-13T20:44:10","modified_gmt":"2005-12-14T04:44:10","slug":"forced-os-updates-followup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planet.mcb.guru\/?p=269","title":{"rendered":"Forced OS updates followup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday I <a href=\"http:\/\/www.computerworld.com\/blogs\/node\/1422#comment\">commented<\/a> on the issue of forcing users to update their systems to help eliminate the threats from worms like Blaster. <\/p>\n<p>A few people have commented and pointed out the flaw to my argument - that updates break some environments and that forced updates in the business world would be a bad idea. <\/p>\n<p>They are right, of course, but I did state in my post yesterday that I don't see computers within organizations and with well defined policies on updating their machines and keeping them up to date as the big issue; 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