"While someone could say that system administrators out there should have taken steps to patch their systems earlier, many of these IT professionals are harried souls dealing with meager budgets and lack of resources."

Updates are free and can be done automatically, so yes those sys admins are at fault here.
SOAP | 08.18.05 - 4:27 pm | #

SOAP, updates are free? Of course. And if you're running a five user network, no problem. But ever tried to put a patching strategy in place for 10,000 machines? Even with WUS, it's not trivial work.
Siteowner | 08.18.05 - 4:47 pm | #

We do approx 600 machines where I work which is a lot smaller than 10,000 but it gets done.
You may find this interesting.
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SOAP | 08.19.05 - 10:18 pm | #