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Google punks Microsoft Patch Tuesday

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Seth Weintraub
Seth Weintraub
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June 8, 2010, 6:05 PM ET

Hoping to woo the IT crowd who spend too much time testing and updating Microsoft’s patches, Google pushes comical video.

Announced on the official Google Enterprise Blog, the new video is aimed at IT administrators who spend way too much time patching their computers.  Known as Patch Tuesday, Microsoft releases its patches on a regular cycle once a month, on…wait for it.. a Tuesday.  Google (GOOG), hoping to appeal to their pain and suffering (And sense of wasted time!) thinks their time might be better spent building applications.

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