MS Office v.X Gets Service Release

techwolf writes "Microsoft put out a patch to Office v.X that touts more than 1000 performance improvements. In other words, 1000 ways they could have written the code better the first time."

Comments

Yes, but where's the LIST of SPECIFICS?

[dpbsmith]

"In all we've made more than 1,000 performance improvements, updates, and fixes across the whole Officev.X suite. As a result, you'll find that Officev.X is faster, more stable, and more efficient."

Blah, blah... generic... It's new! improved! New package, same great taste!

What did we think? As a result of the fixes, Office would be slower, crash more and be less efficient?

OK, the announcement is not TOTALLY content-free, but one of the things I detest about Microsoft is the absence of any well-structured bug lists that would enable you to tell whether the specific issue that affects you has been fixed. "Previously, there were problems typing accented characters in certain fonts while the Formatting Palette was displayed. These problems have been fixed." What problems WERE they?

Where's the numbered list of 1000?

How do we know it's really 1,000 and not just some marketer's hyperbole for "lots and lots?"

And another thing I hate is Microsoft's continuing pigheaded refusal to call them "bugs."

OK, I feel better now.