Scrapping Patch Tuesday a Bad Idea?

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Rich Tate

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For years now there have been a group of people who have always been outspoken on the practice of only releasing patches once a month. Now, people are saying on-demand patching is a bad idea too. Give us a zero day for big exploits, but make sure and let us know on those less important patches first. This seems like a can’t win for MS.

But a majority of bloggers say the answer isn't to do away with Patch Tuesday altogether. They still like knowing that Microsoft patches will be released consistently the second Tuesday of each month. It's something they can plan around. Nobody wants to go back to the days when Redmond would send out critical fixes without warning.
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Screw that. If people still just want their patches on the 2nd Tues of the month, they can turn off Auto updates, and manually update once per month.
:p

Some of us like zero day fixes.
 
I just can't imagine who would think it isn't a good idea.

People just love to bitch about having it all their way.

Shouldn't we be saying kudos to MS for stepping up and trying to make a patching scenario ideal when it comes to major issues?
 
I won't say microsoft doesn't care about the at home customers, but the way they do their patching is defintely geared to the large corporations who use Windows Server Update Services. Once our company receives a patch its a headache to do all the testing so on and so forth. Not just that but we have tons of remote sites with limited bandwidth, so we have to release our patches in a way that is well planned. When ms does decide to release an out of cycle update, its an even bigger pain in the ass. I do not think they will stray from predictability. It has its bad, and good points both. For the large corporations though, predictability is most important imho.
 
Just make every Tuesday patch Tuesday. Quicker patches and you'll know when they are going to be out.
 
Patches should be released ASAP if someone wants to wait that should be their call or just keep auto update set for a longer interval.
 
If some people/corporations are so inflexible that they can only handle updates on a very strict schedule the rest of us shouldn't be penalized because of that. MS should release updates when they're ready and each person/corporation can implement/install them when they feel that they can handle the job. Nobody is being forced to download and install an update the second that it becomes available.

CB
 
I want patches as soon as they are ready and thoroughly tested. I'm a grown-up, I can handle it :)

Waiting 2 or 3 weeks for a patch to an exploit, when that patch is available, is just nuts to me.
 
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