There has been a lot already posited on this subject, but in my corner of the WP world I figured I’d throw in my $0.02.  As someone who has been involved with IT for some time now, I’m well versed on the double-edged blade that is auto-updates.  On one hand it offers a respite for weary, overworked tech folk, but on the other hand updates are no different from the rest of the software development process – bugs are inevitable and bad things can happen. Read more