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posted by cmn32480 on Friday April 29 2016, @11:29PM   Printer-friendly
from the inconvenient-timing-for-a-new-os dept.

El Reg reports

Microsoft's relentless Windows 10 nagware has interrupted a live TV weather forecast, urging meteorologist Metinka Slater to upgrade.

The operating system suddenly popped up a box on screen insisting the station's computer be upgraded to the latest version--while Slater was on air describing thunderstorms rolling through Iowa, USA.

The cyber-badgering blatted over her doppler weather radar, which was being broadcast on KCCI 8 News [April 27].

"Microsoft recommends upgrading to Windows 10. Gosh, what should I do?" Slater asked sarcastically.

So, do you know of a case of MSFT update pushiness that rivals this?


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 30 2016, @12:22AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 30 2016, @12:22AM (#339263)

    Same for a FOSS OS.
    ...or has someone used a Linux distro or *BSD spin that does this kind of nagging?

    With Linux updates|upgrades[1], the downloads and the installation are separate operations (unless the user/admin specifies otherwise).
    Both the download and the installation of software is done in the background.
    That is to say that by default this stuff is completely unobtrusive with FOSS.

    [1] With Linux, you can even have multiple OS kernels on your box at one time and select with one you want to use at startup.

    As for Windoze:
    German Basketball Team Relegated to Lower Division Due to Untimely Windows Updates [soylentnews.org]
    The OS update seized control of the box and the humans had to wait over 15 minutes while the payware OS did what it pleased.
    Thinking that an OS vendor wouldn't ship the thing with insane settings, the box's owner hadn't changed any defaults.

    See also "anti-pattern" in the comment by Gravis.

    -- OriginalOwner_ [soylentnews.org]