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   Tom Shelton to Lawrence D'Oliveiro   
   Re: Two Hours for SP1?   
   23 Feb 11 21:17:35   
   
   XPost: comp.os.linux.advocacy   
   From: tom_shelton@comcast.invalid   
      
   Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote :   
   > In message , Justin   
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >> Two god damn hours to install SP1?  Good God, Microsoft is honestly   
   >> trying to piss off their customers.   
   >   
   > And you can’t even continue doing work while the update is installing.   
   > Unlike Unix/Linux systems, Windows won’t let you replace files that are   
   > curently in use by a running process. So you have to stop everything until   
   > the update is done.   
   >   
   > Even Linux updates that require a reboot only need downtime for the actual   
   > reboot, not for the installation of the update.   
      
   LOL...  Wrong.   
      
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