Re:Microsoft to acquire LinkedIn for $26B
by ajmurmann on Monday June 13, 2016 @11:18AM
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As opposed to a world full of legacy systems with security holes that are part of botnets.
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Re:Microsoft to acquire LinkedIn for $26B
by Silhouette on Monday June 13, 2016 @11:32AM
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Applying security updates by default would solve that problem just as well. From the user's point of view, there is no good reason to force updates against a user's explicit decision, and there is no good reason to push non-security/stability updates even by default.
The only time forcing all updates in that way makes a difference is when Microsoft wants to override a user's deliberate preference not to have their system changed in that way. This cannot possibly be in the user's interest, only Microsoft's.