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What Vista SP1 Means To You
An anonymous reader writes "Geek.com has an interview with Nick White, Microsoft's Vista Product Manager, covering the upcoming release of Vista SP1. The interview goes over some of the new features, how the change will affect admins, and how Microsoft decides if a change should be rolled out as an update or as part of the service pack. One of the most interesting questions asks whether people should feel that they have to wait until SP1 to upgrade to the operating system, a common practice with Windows users. White writes off this practice as no longer being necessary and notes how Windows Update has lessened the importance of the release of a service pack. Just the same, a News.com article explores the possibility that this update will finally begin driving users to Vista."
Yeah, we can all rewrite 30 years worth of shell scripts just so we can use one of the most bloated operating systems ever developed.
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For the record, I'm both an MCSD and MCSE and I was nearly an MCT as well. My Microsoft creds are among the best you will ever find. Let me now say that you don't know what you are talking about. It doesn't matter how many service packs Microsoft releases for Vista. The Windows API, the registry, security, and the underlying Windows architecture are all obsolete and in many places busted. They can't just 'fix' these problems because they are part of the whole Windows paradigm. Applications written to Windows rely on them and so Microsoft cannot change of fix them without totally breaking all the programs written for their operating systems. They can never catch up to OS X with Vista because Vista is not a solid enough foundation for them to do so with. You are not going to see history repeat itself. Microsoft is in deep trouble here because they let their Windows and Office code bases basically rot for ten years and now both are looking tired. This isn't something that can be fixed quickly. It will take Microsoft years to retool and get back on the right track, and time is no longer on their side.
Well, I hope that SP1 can fix the incredibly stupid problem I'm having on my LAN. I can surf teh intarweb through my linux-based router just fine. I can ping my router. I can't actually connect to the router though, via http/ssh/ftp/samba. I can't connect to other devices on my network either. All of them responds to pings, but it's impossible to connect. WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH THE CODERS? How on earth can such a problem pass any kind of "quality control"?
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Vista Sp1 means " be a little more patient, Sp2 is just at the corner" sp1 : (S)o this is for those who have been waiting (P)atienly for (1) year sp2 : (S)o now (P)lease wait for another (2) years let us now hope that sp3 will not exist.. i guess id mean, " hopefully a new generation with the CRAPPY ( resources sucker ) OS saved!!!! "