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Posted by: Anonymous (Friday 18 November 2005, 4:47 PM)

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I run SuSE Linux 9.3... on my desktop. The very things you claim open source needs, and that you suggest Microsoft provides... namely, updates to third party software through automatic updates... is precisely what SuSE provides through the SuSE Watcher application.

As a desktop end user who does not want to constantly deal with security patching, I rely on SuSE Watcher to automatically keep my operating system and third party applictions up to date. I have it configured to automatically check for and update my system if necessary nightly.

When my Windows XP installation installs updates it ALWAYS forces a reboot to make the updates take effect and relentlessly pesters me until I do reboot, interupting my work. Thank you Microsoft, very much!

No one is going to flame you for being anti-open source, per se. What they will flame you for is your blatent inaccurate reporting.

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