If thy arm offend thee

Microsoft spokesperson Sean Sundwall on Microsoft's decision this past Friday to just "kill" Windowsupdate.com: "One strategy for cushioning the blow was to extinguish the Windowsupdate.com. We have no plans to ever restore that to be an active site." So now...

August 18, 2003

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Microsoft spokesperson Sean Sundwall on Microsoft's decision this past Friday to just "kill" Windowsupdate.com:

"One strategy for cushioning the blow was to extinguish the Windowsupdate.com. We have no plans to ever restore that to be an active site."

So now what? Through the magic of IP, Start Menu users will be forever more (well, until the next DoS attack) be taken to a kinder gentler server.

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