In January 2021, Microsoft pushed a kb that would make your server reboot constantly if it was running server 2012 and was either a domain controller or a hyperV host.

Guess how many domain controllers went down that day.

[–] BestBouclettes@jlai.lu 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yeah but domain controller so hard to migrate and so sensitive! Better let them rot on old unsupported software versions!

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

i mean yeah but bean counters up top want me solving the current emergency (caused by similar forms of neglect from years ago)

ill get to it when it breaks i guess

[–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

So fight bean counting with bean counting

Best formula is average employee pay × number of employees × time to fix = money lost.

The trick is to find a solution that is lower than money lost.

Say 20 employees at €35/h for 4 hours. €2800 is how much the company lost in wages.

You will find bean counters are more acceptable to a €5000 server over 5 years if it prevents €2800 of lost wages per patch Wednesday.

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 months ago

i wish i was in a good position to argue them out of their dumb greed.

[–] Z3k3@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Please tell me that was a bad patch and not on purpose

[–] cron@feddit.org 31 points 2 months ago

Who knows? :D