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cmn32480
on Friday April 29 2016, @11:29PM
from the inconvenient-timing-for-a-new-os dept.
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, @05:22AM
it's the IT guy's fault when things like this happen
First, there's always somebody upstream.
Even Torvalds depends on a distro builder for something to run on his box.
...and the distro builder depends on app builders.
...and around and around we go.
If the upstream guys are making stuff with a HORRIBLE default configuration, well, that's the anti-pattern that Gravis has already mentioned.
Next, I'll bet that -you- don't put horrible defaults in your stuff.
Clearly, it's possible for devs to do the task properly.
It's also apparent that achieving that is far more difficult when the techies work for a company run by salesmen and bean counters.
Lastly, wendo mentioned that the IT guys quite likely -did- their job--as they had been doing with MICROS~1's stuff for some time now.
...and M$'s stupid shit overwrote their work without asking permission.
(Anybody who has installed Windoze *after* installing Linux knows how that goes.)
What's the old line?
M$ is not a software company that dishes out abuse but rather an abuse company that dabbles in software.
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