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Article #225Re: Google Chrome oddity
From: Kristian M Zoerhoff
Date: Wed, 03 Oct 2012 19:26
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On 2012-10-03 14:12, Mark Anderson wrote: > In article presence@MUNGEpanix.com says... >>> I thought you were joking about IE. I fired up IE to check it out and >>> after dealing with all the parasitic apps that placed a toolbar into IE >>> the browser was pretty quiet. Using IE means I'd have to chase windows >>> software updates. I only update my windows boxes about once a year -- >> >> wrong. it's automatic. there's nothing to chase. windows is easy, it >> really is. Once in a while when you shut down it installs some updates. >> Big deal. Windows defender or security essentials or whatever it's called >> just updates all the time itself. > > Automatic is even worse. You never want to interrupt a software upgrade > and if I don't know when it happens I don't know when to be careful. > Plus, a lot of upgrades break things and are basically useless. > Microsoft needs you to keep sucking its tit so the company remains > relevant. > > The old axiom that if it ain't broke don't fix it still holds true. On a PC, you must assume it's already broken. The update may make it more broken, but not likely. Unless it's from Adobe or Oracle.
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