Automatic update insanity

Ridgelift writes [on Slashdot] “Even though Microsoft’s recently announce they would not be issuing any new patches for the month of December, the boys at Redmond were scrambling today to figure out why some systems are being patched. The reason? They haven’t got a clue.”

It’s bad enough to turn your computer over to a third party. It’s worse to be forced to turn your computer over to a third party. It is totally reprehensible to be forced to turn your computer over to a third party without your knowledge or consent. But it is utterly insane to be forced to turn your computer over to a third party who has no idea what they are doing to it!