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Microsoft has Delayed SP2, Again

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the back-to-the-drawing-board dept.

I_am_Rambi writes "According to news.com.com "Microsoft has again delayed a long-awaited update to Windows XP, citing quality concerns. The company had planned to wrap up development this week on Windows XP Service Pack 2, but a Microsoft representative said late Wednesday that the software giant had decided that more work was needed on the update before if could be released to manufacturing." Yea, if 3 out of 5 machines failed to come back up, it needs some polishing."

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  1. Re:Good For Them by gosand · · Score: 1, Flamebait
    Microsoft has decided not to rush a release just for the sake of releasing it.

    They want to get it right the first time. I congratulate them for doing the Right Thing and making sure they deliver a rock solid Service Pack for the millions of XP users out there.


    They should not be congratulated for doing the Right Thing. That is how they should do things all the time. And with quality like "3 of 5 machine not coming back up", it didn't sound like it was too difficult of a decision to make.


    Before the slashdot editors and crowd crow over this delay, just remember the 503 errors and flakiness this site has experienced since "maintenance" was performed. Don't throw stones in glass houses, kids.


    My, what an odd comparison. The operating system used by most of the world, and a website used by some.

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  2. Hypocrisy by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    What about all the times new releases of the Linux kernel have been delayed by months? Oh, we convienitly forgot about that!