[Macpartners] Wait to install 10.4.3

[Albert Willis]

The latest update for Mac OS X 10.4 "Tiger", Mac OS X 10.4.3, is  
expected to be released by Apple this week and possibly as soon as  
this evening. We expect that 10.4.3 will be the most extensive set of  
bug fixes and enhancements for Tiger since it shipped nearly 6 months  
ago.

However, when ever 10.4.3 becomes available, we believe you should  
wait before updating your machine and those of your users.

We've seen some instances of updates causing problems; for example,  
the infamous tax day release of 10.3.9 caused many users to  
experience problems with running Java applications and using Mail to  
access e-mail from IMAP servers.

Most users should wait to update to 10.4.3 until IS&T has completed  
its testing, to ensure that supported applications work as expected.  
We'll also be monitoring Macintosh websites for user's experience  
with the upgrade. It may take up to a week to complete testing.

When testing is complete, we'll provide information about any issues  
and possible work-arounds.

   -- Al



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Albert Willis
Macintosh Platform Coordinator - Software Release Team
Information Services and Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
awillis at mit.edu


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