RE: Patch Deployment

["Grabowski, David" <david.grabowski () us mizuho-sc com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Myers, Marvin [mailto:MRMyers () anteon com]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2003 2:09 PM
> To: full-disclosure () lists netsys com
> Subject: [Full-disclosure] Patch Deployment
>
>
> Anyone on the list have any experience with a product called 
> "PatchLink
> Update? And if so do you mind sharing your experiences with it?

Tried it. They said it would do everything.

About all it did was crash most of our test workstations and install its
agent software that we couldn't easily remove.

We ended up dumping it and going with StBernard's UpdateExpert. We like
it.

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