Re: dst glitch disables patch tuesday ..

[Robert Newson <ReapNewsB@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Roy Schestowitz wrote:

...
> > > Typical, to be expected and utterly pathetic. Why should a change to
> > > when DST is done 'affect some software packages'? The SW to do this is
> > > already there. Its just the date that's changed!
> > The way everythig is so spaghettied together, it wouldn't surprise me in
> > the least if patching DST caused something else to break, similarly
> > patching something else caused DST patch to break.
...
> | their DST-patched Exchange servers. Others, in spite of Microsoft
> | warnings to apply DST patches in a specific order, are running
> | into problems because they are attempting to patch Exchange
> | before Windows.

Says it all.

Besides - what DST patching would Exchange need: shirley it gets its date 
information from the OS?  ANd if not, why should order between Windwos and 
Exchange matter?  Unless...