Re: $10 ripoff

From: Mike Brannigan [MS] (mikebran@online.microsoft.com)
Date: 09/18/02 

From: "Mike Brannigan [MS]" <mikebran@online.microsoft.com>
Date: Wed, 18 Sep 2002 21:20:54 +0100

"Kurt Knisely" <pcpinhead@nospam.please> wrote in message
news:3D88DE4E.951625A3@nospam.please...
> Well Mike, I installed the Windows XP SP1 on a clean install of Windos
> XP, rebooted, etc. and then checked the on-line Windows Update site
and
> the site still said I needed to download a Critical Security patch.
Why
> wasn't this included in the SP1?

Very simply - because SP1 was finalized near the end of August so no new
code could be added to it. As you will see until we release Service Pack
2 there will be new patches , enhancements and security patches as
required. 

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"Kurt Knisely" <pcpinhead@nospam.please> wrote in message
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> "Mike Brannigan [MS]" wrote:
> >
> > "Gary" <garycortese@aol.com> wrote in message
> > news:0fab01c25e61$e031e480$35ef2ecf@TKMSFTNGXA11...
> > > I can download everything needed except the most critical
> > > file, the SP1 security update.  Isn't that interesting.
> > > But oh! Microsoft sells the CD for $10 to correct the
> > > error that they themselves created!  What a great
> > > corporation.
> >
> > The CD does not contain any security updates that are not included
in
> > the downloadable package.
> > The CD contains the debug symbols, the .Net Framework and a few
other
> > pieces of code - that mirror the Retail CD structure
>
> Well Mike, I installed the Windows XP SP1 on a clean install of Windos
> XP, rebooted, etc. and then checked the on-line Windows Update site
and
> the site still said I needed to download a Critical Security patch.
Why
> wasn't this included in the SP1?  I only have dialup access from home
so
> downloading multimegabyte files at home is no fun (I prefer
patches/SPs
> I can burn on CD at work).
>
> -K
>
> kurt uses xmission dot com