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WGA Meltdown Blamed On Human Error
Erris writes "As commentators like Ars Technica slam WGA as deeply flawed, Microsoft is blaming human error and swears it won't happen again. 'Alex Kochis, Microsofts senior WGA product manager, wrote in a blog posting that the troubles began after preproduction code was installed on live servers. ... rollback fixed the problem on the product-activation servers within 30 minutes ... but it didnt reset the validation servers. ... "we didnt have the right monitoring in place to be sure the fixes had the intended effect"' Critics were not impressed. 'A system thats not totally reliable really should not be so punitive, said Gartner Inc. analyst Michael Silver. Michael Cherry, an analyst at Directions on Microsoft in Kirkland, Wash., said he was surprised that it was even possible to accidentally load the wrong code onto live servers ... [and asks], "what other things have they not done?' This is not the first time this has happened, either."
I agree, we've actually got two Twitter propaganda shitfest articles in a row here.
Hey, if it gets the crowd in for a good MS bashing, that's more ad revenue for Slashdot, and that's all the fuckers care about - forget about journalistic integrity and all that.
This was just a planned reminder by Microsoft that they essentially own your ass - at any point they can invalidate your installation and tell you to STFU. After all - you agreed to it when you installed Windows.
Like the Skype "outage" that was blamed on 'windows reboots' (please...). Skype had to comply with a wiretap order, and taking down Skype for the install was the way to do it. A litte blame on Microsoft (after all, everyone will believe it if Microsoft fucked up, won't they?), and bang, FBI satisfied. Hope you enjoy using Skype knowing people are listening.
People who've paid money for their product
And just what did they purchase? Every time I turn around Microsoft has redefined (usually lessening) what your purchase entitles you to. Soon when you install Windows you'll have to transfer the ownership of the hardware itself to them. You're a bunch of sheep, and you're getting the fleecing you've deserved for some time now.