Posted on November 3, 2009 by Toby Getsch
I’ve noted before how I feel about doing updates. The tasks involved often feel like a waste, unless you are the person who has to go fix things or the clients and customers that have to deal with the problems and down times when systems are not current. This past weekend I helped someone get current and it should have taken only 20 to 30 minutes. It took 4 to 5 hours. It’s so critical to stay patched. It’s worth the investment. It’s so worth it to stay with the program and stay current!
Here are the the most recent SharePoint updates.
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I work with computers and software all day long. I have now, for more than a decade. Individuals and businesses have every excuse under the sun to not do updates and to not have test environments.
The reality is that applying the updates and testing is a fixed cost and can be planned. Repairing and troubleshooting because you don’t have the fixed versions or because you have (fill in the blank) reasons – or because you claim to not know how to do it – costs so much more…
If you want to save time and money and other valuable resources, plan and do it right and do the updates! Cutting corners has limits. You will end up regretting it. Even if you think you’re immune, you will regret it. We in the tech world are not really geniouses when we fix things. We’re simply more patient – with the software, with the computers, with ourselves and with you. Don’t make everyone’s life more difficult. Do the updates!
If you don’t believe me, just ask Matt.
(Yes, I included the rants category here. But this really is not a rant. It is a comment from ground zero.)
P.S. I still say this after spending an extra week working on getting updates applied and having to redo a bunch of work, all this past week. It’s the right thing to do, to put spend that ounce of prevention, even if it feels like a really heavy ounce sometimes.
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Posted on August 31, 2009 by Toby Getsch
In response to this goodbye post by Carmine Cayote, I have replied:
“Carmine~
Thank you so much for your input into the various communities. I have appreciated and learned, not just from your direct input, but also from the results of that input being applied by myself and others.
Your reference to “religion” struck a chord with me. As with almost any successful endeavor, I believe that these sorts of things should be dealt with more as “relationships.” And, when that connection is lost, the ability to affect positive change is diminished.
I believe that one (among many) difference between manager and leader is keenly attributed to the ability to treat and value entities as relationships – not parts of a religion or formula.
Sincerely,
~Toby”
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