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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 29th Oct 2007 20:03 UTC, submitted by Geonon

Microsoft has apologized for a Windows Server update that automatically installed the Windows Desktop Search tool on users' desktops without approval. The mistake happened because Microsoft reused the same update package for when WDS was first published in February as an optional update that was only applicable to systems with the search tool previously installed.

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RE: Suspicious

by anomie on Mon 29th Oct 2007 22:02 UTC in reply to "Suspicious"

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2007-02-26

"Never ascribe to malice, that which can be explained by incompetence."

Variations on that same quote here: http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Robert_J._Hanlon

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RE[2]: Suspicious

by ShadesFox on Mon 29th Oct 2007 22:38 in reply to "RE: Suspicious"

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2006-10-01

My favorite is a combination of that quote and another,
"Any sufficiently advanced stupidity is indistinguishable from malice."

Edited 2007-10-29 22:38

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RE[2]: Suspicious

by buff on Wed 31st Oct 2007 12:00 in reply to "RE: Suspicious"

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2005-11-12

"Never ascribe to malice, that which can be explained by incompetence."

This person must never have worked with Microsoft. Ever notice how their blunders always seem to benefit themselves?

Edited 2007-10-31 12:01

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