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posted by CoolHand on Tuesday August 25 2015, @02:58AM   Printer-friendly
from the gotta-love-MS dept.

Microsoft has now released three cumulative updates for Windows 10. These updates combine security fixes with non-security bug fixes, and so far, Microsoft hasn't done a very good job of describing the contents of these cumulative updates. While the security content is quite fully described, explanations of the non-security fixes have been lacking.

Many, including your author, feel that this is undesirable and that a key part of the Windows-as-a-Service concept, in which Microsoft releases a steady stream of fixes and functional improvements, is a clear explanation of what those updates are. This is a new approach for Microsoft, and it seems like reassuring users and administrators that issues are getting fixed—and that functional changes are clearly described—should be important.
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Unfortunately, it does not seem that the company intends to change this approach. Company representatives told The Register that while the company "may choose" to perform "additional promotion" of new features depending on their "significance," there's no intention of providing full release notes. This means that future patches are going to continue to say nothing more than "This update includes improvements to enhance the functionality of Windows 10."

Anybody want off the Microsoft train yet?


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  • (Score: 5, Interesting) by zocalo on Tuesday August 25 2015, @06:50AM

    by zocalo (302) on Tuesday August 25 2015, @06:50AM (#227437)
    Yep. I just don't get it, either. After what Microsoft has just gone through with Windows XP holdouts (and still is, to some extent) and the backlash over Windows 8 it really appeared that they were getting their act together with Windows 10 and setting it up to eventually (e.g. when the SP1 equivalent version shipped) be a safe place for corporates on earlier versions to migrate to. They were even giving it away for free(!) to home users, regardless of license provenance. Early reviews were positive, people seemed open to the migration, and all was looking *very* good in MS-land. Then it started to go off the rails.

    Between the dubious data collection, ads without a clear quid pro quo, broken/missing features, enforced patches (despite the obvious issues with that), a complete lack of transparency from MS, and more, MS appears like they might have actually managed to blow it. While a few of them are still running Windows 10 in VMs and on test boxes, I am not aware of any of our Windows using technical users that have upgraded their main machines to Windows 10. Not one. Some have also cancelled their free upgrades. Discussions with clients (many of whom have tens of thousands of users) indicate strongly that Windows 10 has already been rejected on a number of grounds, leaving Windows 7 Enterprise/Pro starting to look very much like it's going to be Windows XP all over again when it comes up to its EoL.

    At this point, I'm starting to think Windows 10's success or failure might have become a case of who blinks first. On the one hand, we have the IT journalists that seem like they are all just waiting for another of their group with some credibility to go first and put the idea that the people that actually buy Windows have largely rejected it - despite it being free for most of them - and that it's shaping up to be a Windows Vista/Windows 8 fiasco all over again into print. If/when that happens, the IT media herd mentality will almost cetainly kick in and it's all over, no matter how capable the rest of the OS is, just like happened with Vista and Windows 8. On the other we have Microsoft who badly needs to address the concerns that people have with the OS - and more - before that happens. Place your bets...
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