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MS Upgrades To Be Smaller And More Frequent

Posted by Zonk on from the taking-the-mmog-model dept.

duplicantk8 writes "Following the numerous delays to the Vista launch, MS is planning to have more frequent and smaller incremental upgrades, according to the Financial Times." From the article: "Those delays are set to end late next year with the simultaneous launch of new versions of Windows and the Office suite of PC applications in the company's most significant new product cycle since Windows 95. The new versions of the company's key PC software are likely to rekindle higher growth after a period that saw its growth rate slip below 10 per cent for the first time last year, according to Wall Street analysts. Mr Ballmer's comments are the most public sign yet of the dent to Microsoft's confidence in its core development process that resulted from the Vista delays."

16 of 267 comments (clear)

  1. Reboots by Average_Joe_Sixpack · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wonder if they have finally figured out a way to update the OS without performing a reboot.

  2. Smaller changes? by JordanL · · Score: 4, Funny

    I don't think they can get much smaller than the changes planned in Vista.

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    1. Re:Smaller changes? by Mr2cents · · Score: 2, Funny

      I don't think they can get much smaller than the changes planned in Vista.

      That's why Microsoft is secretly researching quantum-changes; changes so small they cannot be detected even by diff!

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  3. Windows update.... by Misanthrope · · Score: 5, Funny

    For some reason windows update will be replaced by the commands.
    sudo apt-get update
    sudo apt-get upgrade

    1. Re:Windows update.... by Bogtha · · Score: 4, Funny

      Okay, they are really in trouble if Debian releases more frequently than them!

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    2. Re:Windows update.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
      I'm sorry you have mispelled those commands. The proper format is:

      emerge --sync
      emerge -vu world

      :)

    3. Re:Windows update.... by tpgp · · Score: 2, Funny

      And there will be a file in c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\sources.list
      containing:

      # See Windows Help file on sources.list for more information
      # Remember that you can only use http, ftp or file URIs
      cab http://amt.microsoft.com/microsoft vista unstable main

      # Uncomment if you want the amt-get source function to work
      #cab-src http://amt.microsoft.com/microsoft vista unstable main

      # Uncomment if you want amt reallyunstable
      #cab-src http://amt.microsoft.com/microsoft vista reallyunstable main

      # Uncomment if you want amt reallyreallyunstable
      #cab-src http://amt.microsoft.com/microsoft vista reallyreallyunstable main

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    4. Re:Windows update.... by Waffle+Iron · · Score: 2, Funny
      Okay, they are really in trouble if Debian releases more frequently than them!

      Hard to believe, but true:

      Windows XP: Oct 2001
      Debian Woody: July 2002
      Debian Sarge: June 2005
      Windows Vista: ?? 2006?

  4. Woody? by beforewisdom · · Score: 3, Funny

    Does this mean that microsoft will have more releases than Debian Woody?

  5. Re:scratching head by Golias · · Score: 4, Funny

    Basically they are saying that "Black Tuesday" becomes "Black Nine Fifteen In The Morning."

    I'm sure sysdmins in MS-centric shops all over the world are rejoicing.

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  6. Why doesn't Bill by pHatidic · · Score: 2, Funny

    Just change his name to Steve and call it a day.

  7. MS becomes agile?..switches to XP for development? by FerretFrottage · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wouldn't you love the be the developer who gets Ballmer or Gates as your pair programmer.

    [developer]:You forgot to comment that code

    [Ballmer]: (pickup chair and tosses it smashing his triple head display of Dell 2405 monitors) The code comment's itself!!!

    [developer]: What about best practices? I'm suppose to be learning from you.

    [Ballmer]: Well then start by getting off you ass and picking up that chair. Now with both hands on the arm rests.....NO NO NO...use you're back to lift, not your legs.

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  8. Re:What..... by coolGuyZak · · Score: 3, Funny

    I think the mispelling of Microsoft is what did the post in. Acceptable mispellings include "M$" "Micro$oft" "MSFT" and "M$FT"... "Microsuck" is really hitting below the belt. (Well, it implies that something is happening below the belt, at any rate).

  9. Re:MS becomes agile?..switches to XP for developme by TubeSteak · · Score: 2, Funny
    I don't know why you got modded funny,
    its a terrible idea to lift with your back instead of your legs.

    "Bend at the knees" is what they say
    Cause there's nothing funny about back pain.

    If I get modded down, someone obviously didn't get the humor.

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  10. Upgrades to be smaller and more frequent... by argStyopa · · Score: 2, Funny

    you mean, more like a virus?

    hmm.

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  11. Do like Sony. Think of them as "Adventure Packs" by Lordleppard · · Score: 3, Funny

    Just like Sony Entertainment has been doing for Everquest2, don't give patches for free, charge people. Call them "Adventure Packs" and come up with fancy names so people think they are getting something extra and not something they should be getting anyway. Let's see, call the first critical patch: "The Spyware Saga" and part of the "Adventure Pack" includes a popup blocker and anti-spoofing Software. They can start advertising an Expansion Pack "Vista: The Clone Wars" and have people pay for more patches.