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Message from discussion Here we go again

Don Cottam [MS]

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More options Mar 14 2003, 12:36 am

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From: "Don Cottam [MS]" <do...@online.microsoft.com>

Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2003 21:34:02 -0800

Local: Fri, Mar 14 2003 12:34 am

Subject: Re: Here we go again

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I'm not going to disagree that it's not an optimal situation, but let me see
if I can explain why it's this way right now.

Multiple language version of .Net Framework can be installed on an English
OS. This allows you to possibly create .Net Framework applications for
other languages (like Japanese) without the need to do it on a machine
running a Japanese OS. Now, if you install the Japanese version of .Net
Framework on an English OS, then the .Net Framework SP (which is considered
a "critical" patch) is also applicable to your English OS. That's why you
get multiple language versions of the .Net Framework SP even though you only
sync English content.

That's the "bad" news. The good news is that in the next version of SUS you
will have the capability of selecting exactly what updates you want to sync,
and only those updates are downloaded and stored on the SUS server. We
realized that there was a need to provide for sync filtering in the next
version, but the outcries about the .Net Framework service packs has made
that feature even more needed.

Don [MS]

"ramstryke" <n0.spam.ramstr...@yahoo.com.n0spam> wrote in message

news:Ou#ilmb6CHA.2424@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...

> Ahh good. I thought it was just me. I see it's an MS f#4k up.

> "John Fenton" <johns...@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:O1b2DgW6CHA.1784@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > The new update today is sp2 for Microsoft .NET Framework and just like
> > before, it doesn't matter that you have only certain languages marked
for
> > inclusion, every stupid one of the updates for every language is listed.

> > Whoever is in charge of this function at MS needs to be fired. I'm
> sending
> > Bill and Steve a message - this is more stupid than is tolerable.

> > john

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