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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: 3, Funny) by aristarchus on Tuesday August 25 2015, @07:42AM

    by aristarchus (2645) on Tuesday August 25 2015, @07:42AM (#227448) Journal

    I ended up in yoyo mode between DOS/Windows and Linux between 1994 and 200

    You know, claiming time travel undercuts your credibility massively.

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  • (Score: 2) by tibman on Tuesday August 25 2015, @01:21PM

    by tibman (134) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday August 25 2015, @01:21PM (#227569)

    Well, you would know better than most.

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    • (Score: 2) by aristarchus on Tuesday August 25 2015, @06:07PM

      by aristarchus (2645) on Tuesday August 25 2015, @06:07PM (#227712) Journal

      Ha! True, that. But I at least go in the normal "time's arrow" direction!