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How Microsoft Built, and Is Still Building, Windows 10
An anonymous reader writes with this Venturebeat story about how Windows 10 is different from previous versions because of the way it was designed, including 15 public preview builds, and how much work is still being done. Windows 10 for PCs arrived two weeks ago. Thankfully, we don't need to wait years to say this will be a Microsoft operating system release like no other. The most obvious clue is not the fact that Windows 10 was installed on more than 14 million devices in 24 hours, that you can get it for cheap or upgrade to it for free, nor even that it ships with a digital assistant and a proper browser. No, the big deal here is that Microsoft is turning its OS into a service, and that means as you read these words, it's still being built. For the next few years, we'll be getting not just Windows 10 updates and patches, but new improvments and features. This is possible because Microsoft built this version very differently from all its previous releases.
I hope you got money for running this advertisement, Slashdot.
...is that all the reasons to choose Windows 10 over the competition, i.e. that it was a desktop operating system rather than a cloud service which required you to give not the slightest shit about your privacy (you did nothing of consequence) and a fast, always-on Internet connection (and you worked nowhere interesting), have gone.
That's it's privacy nightmare for those with the inclination to give a damn.
since it's a service now we'll get to pay annually again and again instead of buying it once and having it 'til we're sick of it?
We used to have a Bill of Rights. Now, with the rights gone, all we have left is the bill.
Windows 10 isn't "built very differently" from Windows 8. Microsoft has always had the attitude of "F' it, ship it, we'll fix it on the road." -- Now it's just a "service" so they can proudly say it. Gheesh...
make; make install?
After using Solaris and IRIX during the 1990s, and then Linux during most of the 2000s and up until recently, I'm seriously considering switching to Windows. I've been very disturbed by what has happened to open source software recently. I used to like GNOME 2, but GNOME 3 was a total disaster, and even after years nothing has been done to really fix it up. I used to like Firefox, but since Firefox 4 it has just gotten worse and worse with each release. I used to like Debian, but sine switching to systemd with Debian 8, I've had all sorts of problems with it, and I've wasted too much of my time trying to debug stupid boot/init issues that just shouldn't happen in a stable release of any distro. It's not like I can move to a different distro, because all of the practical distros have switched to systemd, or will be switching soon! Then there are the many security flaws affecting OpenSSL and bash and other popular open source software.
I used *NIX systems because they were reliable, and I knew I could trust them. But that trust has really started to deteriorate lately, especially when it comes to Linux distros and the open source software ecosystem. At this point, I'm thinking that I may just be better off using Windows. It isn't the 1990s any longer. I don't like to admit it, but Windows has come a long way. If they can provide me with an OS that boots consistently, that's fast, that runs useful software, and doesn't cost too much, I'll consider switching. I'll even use Edge, if it's better than Firefox, which the evidence so far suggests that it is, or soon will be.
Is the datamining crap turned off in the Enterprise edition of Windows 10?
This is lame.
Nice troll.
M$ is evil and everything they do is bad!
I know everything that goes into writing an operating system yet will never actually make one.
I will just criticize them based on actions in the 90s.
If they can provide me with an OS that boots consistently...
What in their long history of OS's leads you to believe this one is different from all its predecessors?
How much did MS pay for this bit of astroturfing, or are you an MS intern, not getting paid at all?
Big news - learned from mistakes!
I for one am very happy that the Win8 Metro shit is dead and buried, as well as the other things that we were told more than ten years ago "are already in Longhorn", but now are real instead of hype trying to one-up Apple.
..and as a result compatibility with older hardware goes out of the window. A number of users, me included, have had problems with installation on older hardware that had no problem running Windows 7. And due to a marketing-driven decision of not showing an informative BSOD, all you can do is guess what on earth went wrong. :( ...sure is much cuter than a screen full of scary error messages and stack traces. Maybe Apple can get away with it due to a controlled environment and rigid hardware configurations, but for such a paradigm shifting OS release (by their own admission), they should've asked the developers and not the head of marketing department what kind of error handling this OS should have during its installation.
We couldn't install Windows 10 due to a hardware issue
The content of your emails, your voice, your browsing history, everything you do with your PC is uploaded to Microsoft (and a copy goes to NSA too, of course). Every antivirus software would label Windows 10 as a spyware if it weren't made by Microsoft. And no, you cannot turn it off completely, Microsoft's bad faith is proven by the fact that the default settings are all anti-privacy, not to mention that you cannot be sure that a closed-source OS does what it says:
http://arstechnica.com/informa...
Hey, slow down. Gnome 2 copied windows, gnome 3 copies OSX. It is not that bad, don't use menus, just search and launch. I do it all the time in 7,8.1,os x, finally the gui gives you the equivalent of the path variable in the cli. Don't care about folders, start menu, levels of nesting, just type and start. To make gnome 3 really useful just install dash-to-dock and you are done. I don't see any conceptual workflow differences in 8, OS x, or gnome 3 these days, it is just minor visual aesthetics, and buy do I miss gnome 2 clearlooks.
I've been using Windows since Windows 95 happily until Windows 7. Microsoft did not build its enterprise on "we know what's best," but upon mostly working out of the box and having fairly robust configuration. Microsoft did not control your machine; you did. It was wonderful for getting work done.
Microsoft has sold out that demographic for the numbers. They certainly don't know what's best for me, they sold me out. They've lost me as a customer. I don't want it. I will never want it. Now the only question is, which of the other options that I don't like is the least bad? Software is a bitch.
>>...and I knew I could trust them.
This part is especially funny, in light of the recent Ars Technica article about how Win10 continues to send stuff to MS, even after you tell it *not* to.
Trust, it's a two way street...
So rise up, all ye lost ones, as one, we'll claw the clouds.
I mean boy, not buy
FTFA:
That's right, it's a new feature that Microsoft is able to offer a specific group of people a given set of builds. You know, what all the Unix distributions we know have been able to do since time immemorial? You can even create your own builds. Just create a new repo and add it onto the end of the list, with newer versions of packages. Done! Microsoft physically couldn't do that until right now? That's pathetic, just like the rest of their package management functionality.
"You're right," Fisheye says. "I should have set it on 'whip' or 'chop.'"
Subtle trolling takes too much thought - we hire out to foreigners who speak the language well enough to recognize patterns and send out the appropriate canned troll/astroturf message.
Did I just share a company secret?
That is all.
Linux PCs arrived years ago. Thankfully, we don't need to wait years to say any Linux based operating system release will be like no other. The most obvious clue is not the fact that Linux is installed on more than 14 million devices, that you can get it for for free, nor even that it ships with a proper browser and package management systems. No, the big deal here is that Linux is still free while it's still being built, and will remain both free and open forever. For the next few years, we'll be getting not just Linux updates and patches, but new improvements and features. This is possible because Linux is free, open source and not tied to Microsoft.
Microsoft is turning its OS into a service, and that means as you read these words, it's still being built.
No, it means that Windows 10 is banana-ware: Not ripe at time of purchase.
..has really done down. These guys might as well hang a flashing neon TROLL or SHILL sign above their posts nowadays its so obvious. Whatever happened to the subtle trolls (yes they did exist) that had - on the surface at least - had very convincing arguments?
Perhaps they weren't trolls at all, and simply had different opinions than you do. They were subtle and had convincing arguments, yet in your mind they were all definitely trolls. Why is that?
Three days from now?? Thats tomorrow!! ~Peter Griffin
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Just can't stand Microsoft anymore... they are not developer focused anymore.
They really began to annoy me with DRM, and the force feeding of Metro Dung in 8 and the worlds most annoying start menu in 10.
Windows is not a tight environment either (like Mint 17.x) where you have full control on what runs on your PC... too much background activity in Windows. Probably data mining all our personal information for their marketing department.
In fact they are so annoying, even free isn't tempting anymore - Linux Mint 17.x is the sweet spot now.
Oh just fuck off with this OMG M$ $HILL!!!11 bullshit. I haven't had problems with Windows booting for over a decade. Small sample set yes, but it's entirely feasible.
Why don't they just call it what it is? It is a "Freemium" OS.
You now get the bare bones for free while being data mined and hit with advertising.
Why would anyone think of this as an "upgrade" is beyond me.
And since they're calling it a "service", that means they will probably want you to subscribe (pay annually) to keep your computer running.
"They were subtle and had convincing arguments, yet in your mind they were all definitely trolls. Why is that?"
How about first you explain why so many people are fond of straw men.
I don't know why this was downmodded, they're ENTIRELY CORRECT. Microsoft is the biggest leak of private information EVER CREATED. And I will be laughing from my UI-free bash console.
Windows 10 will literally kill the entire PC market. Which is great, because the general population should had never been able to acquire a computer in the first place. Normals don't need computers.
Windows 10 is *THE* worst spyware I've ever seen.
No Windows 10 device will ever be allowed on my networks.
I love the virtual desktop feature - Didn't Linux have that like 20 yrs ago? Hmmmmm
Hope there aren't any open source patent violations!
*** Don't be dull.***
For various reasons, I run multiple OS's. I was part of the recent wave of upgrades to WIN-10 because I have to anticipate what my accounting clients are going to run into when they upgrade which they tend to do without warning.
I personally think MS is just assuming that people will run through the process without thinking much about privacy settings and security issues on the other side. I'm a wee bit OCD about that, but the public I try to work with isn't even when they're told to be careful. I'm still baffled by the number of systems I deal with that have either no antivirus or outdated versions, no firewall, etc. Let's face it, if MS gains marketing data in exchange for a "free" upgrade, most folks won't complain. What I'm also concerned about from a practical manner is the fact that various support builds are going to be pushed though without the option of deciding when to install meaning that various drivers that worked earlier are suddenly off in the ozone upon restart.
There is also the matter of when, where, and how MS will acknowledge problems with the OS. For example, the Edge browser seems to have some real issues integrating with printing which simply aren't there when you switch back to IE-11 which fortunately hasn't been removed (yet), but only disappears from view.
MS's view of the future which they've been fairly clear about is a device-spanning OS that they're going to drive and I think that's one of the main things to keep in mind with WIN-10.
We have met the enemy and he is us - Pogo (Walt Kelly)
No, the big deal here is that Microsoft is turning its OS into a service, and that means as you read these words, it's still being built. For the next few years, we'll be getting ^H^H^H^H^H^H paying for not just ^H^H^H^H Windows 10 updates and patches, but^H^H^H whether or not there are new improvments and features. This is possible because Microsoft built this version very differently from all its previous releases.
Of course it is a big deal. Once you see what is going to happen.
sed -e 's/Chuck Norris/Rajnikant/g' joke > fact
Not sure if troll. I don't disagree with many of your preferences, but there are options out there. Use MATE (a fork of GNOME 2) and Chrome/Chromium. Use Fedora, which seems to have SystemD figured out and working well. Wait, Edge? You are a troll.
FUCK OFF astroturfing SHILL
> wasted too much of my time trying to debug stupid boot/init issues
Swallowing stderr and not saving it into the journal makes it a hell of a lot harder to troubleshoot problems.
[System alert: keywords detected]
You want to buy a boy? You sick bastard!
Microsoft isn't paying me anything. In fact, it's very much the opposite situation. I've paid a lot of my own money for Sun and SGI workstations in the past, and I've spent a lot of my own time, especially lately, fixing dumb problems with Linux distros and other open source software. As somebody who has used Windows NT and its descendents at work, I've had far fewer problems booting those over the past two decades than I've had booting Debian over just the past half year.
Why was this post downvoted? Is there anything technically incorrect in what he/she wrote? How many microsoft employees are on /. with mod points, or, in alternative, is slashdot running advertising "articles" for microsoft and "cleaning up" the discussion from those who write "unpleasant" truths?
That's amazing. You're saying we can get Windows 10 right away, and then they'll actually finish it later and send us the rest in bits and pieces?
Oh my god please sign me up! Because there's never been any updates to Windows before, or service packs, or anything like that.
This is totally brand new, I'm so excited!
Translation:
I have tried many things and didn't like any, so I'm going to try only one thing and expect to like it.
This is hilarious. A freelance journalist writes for Venturebeat and probably submits his own story Anonymously to Slashdot to pick up the page views. It's relatively positive about the release of Windows 10 which by all accounts is a pretty good system and certainly is a departure for MS's stuff. The freelance guy could be getting paid to post the story, but his career gets better through pageviews so it's more likely he wrote the story and then is bumping the page views to up his journalistic profile.
But of course that backfires, because he sends it to Slashdot where anything that isn't a scathing, mocking hit piece of Microsoft is derided as "astroturfing" and "Slashvertisement" even though since this is a linked article in Venturebeat there really is no way Slashdot could be paid for this. But that doesn't stop the anti-MS Slashdot crowd from deriding folks as "sheeple"!
When in fact the anti-MS slashdot crowd is it's own set of sheeple, meekly following the herd of MS hate without any thoughtful discourse or look at Windows 10. Not a single comment on this board criticizing the article or Windows 10 has a valid point against the system.
This is just sad, and yet tantalizingly entertaining in it's patheticness.
who cares? i stopped caring since windows xp
I'm new here. How can i change my browser from Lynx to Edge?
Yes, since Windows 7, Windows has been a pretty fine operating system. This coming from a VERY long time Linux guy (1995/Slackware). I supported Windows 3.11 thru XP, till I retired in 2010, and at that time, my home systems were on Windows 7, but I decided I was tired of MS and moved all my systems to Linux (KUbuntu, thank you very much). When 10 started with the previews I decided to try it out in a virtual machine, but now thats it released, and all the "spy-ware" thats being found embedded in it, I'm not gonna recommend it to anybody, rather suggest they stay on 7 or 8.1.... Fuck MS
THANK YOU, Edward Snowden!! Americans owe you a debt of gratitude (whether they know it or not..)
2.7 billion people on ht einternet and all they could get is 14 million in a day?
if this was win 7 fo rfree youd see a billion users go for it
yup... MS has shot themselves in the foot with this one.. If a technical user wants to turn off all of the privacy-destroying crap, then MS has ZERO business ignoring said users wishes.. This had to be said ...... FUCK YOU MS!!!
THANK YOU, Edward Snowden!! Americans owe you a debt of gratitude (whether they know it or not..)
I used to like Debian, but sine switching to systemd with Debian 8, I've had all sorts of problems with it, and I've wasted too much of my time trying to debug stupid boot/init issues that just shouldn't happen in a stable release of any distro. ... I don't like to admit it, but Windows has come a long way. If they can provide me with an OS that boots consistently, ...
Are you really sure you want to exult Windows 10 because its booting "just works" when not even three days ago we had a story about a Windows 10 update (which cannot be turned off in Home edition, btw) that caused an unstoppable reboot cycle? http://tech.slashdot.org/story...
From the article "For the next few years, we'll be getting not just Windows 10 updates and patches, but new improvements and features"
to be honest, when i buy a computer system i pretty much check if the features are which need or want are there, and then i leave it happily untouch, besides the necessary updates. So my question is: Is there any way to turn of this "new feature" thing? or do i have to hope that none of the new features will accidentally erase or upload my data into the web?
Yes, aside from the hundreds of security patches and 0 days.
WindowsME didn't have any of the problems I had with 10. All agile and always changing with privacy nightmares. Great corporate OS who like things never to change and pesky updates adding elements of uncertainty. Different alright to irrelevent.
http://saveie6.com/
I also went running back to Windows 7. People who believe Windows 10 is a superior OS to Windows 7 are idiots. Not only is Windows 10 an extremely ugly OS it's also infested with MS services and it's the most privacy invasive OS I've ever had the displeasure of using.
You have 30 days to go back to Windows 7 should you decide to downgrade to Windows 10. It took me 1 hour to decide.
You have infinite days to go back to Windows 7. You have 30 days to go back via the uninstall process.
I am posting this from LinuxMint. I mention this because I want to ensure you know I am not a shill. However, the FUD is absurd.
"So long and thanks for all the fish."
It stops and just does not install the update. It goes through a few boot cycles first to try to install it. It is not unstoppable nor does it render the computer useless or anything. I am not even a regular Windows user and I know this.
"So long and thanks for all the fish."
"They were subtle and had convincing arguments, yet in your mind they were all definitely trolls. Why is that?"
How about first you explain why so many people are fond of straw men.
GP stated "Whatever happened to the subtle trolls (yes they did exist)..," showing (s)he does in fact believe they were trolls, and then gave two pieces of evidence which I claim shows they weren't trolls at all. Please explain where you see a straw man in this argument.
Three days from now?? Thats tomorrow!! ~Peter Griffin
The enterprise is going to be interesting with this stuff. If MS sends PII from Windows 10 to Microsoft, and an enterprise in the USA or Europe "upgrades" to Windows 10, then how can that enterprise continue to claim "Safe Harbor" certification?
I suspect that Microsoft is going to have to rip out all the privacy-destroying stuff before it can sell to a company that needs to be "Safe Harbor" certified.
See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...
Sometimes the "writing on the wall" is blood spatter...
strawman: opensource is full of security holes ... systemd is bad and all oss are going to use it ... and on and on .. have fun with all the goodness that is windows.
I'm just glad they didn't totally abandon business customers. Running a constantly-changing OS is fine for a home machine that browses the web, makes Skype calls, and watches movies. It's even tolerable in some office situations where all the person is doing is Office documents with no systems interaction beyond email. When you build a software component on top of an OS, however, and come to rely on things working a certain way, that's where the Agile thing breaks down.
The company I work for sells a suite of middleware that relies heavily on some of the internals of Windows. Changing out anything is a risk that the product doesn't work as expected. It's one of those things where Windows Embedded might be a better choice, save for the fact that we need to run an actual end user system on top of this stuff. Microsoft's been really quiet about this, but it seems like the LTSB option is the closest thing to the old RTM/Service Pack model.
With all this building and rebulding and rebuilding the rebuilding, could Microsoft please fucking release a functional Windows 10 version of the RSAT tools?
The world's burning. Moped Jesus spotted on I50. Details at 11.
"This is possible because Microsoft built this version very differently from all its previous releases."
They will upgrade and update automatically including features, security and vital components,
So you can expect a lot of broken software to follow some updates.
"If any question why we died, Tell them because our fathers lied."
They've been trying to get us back onto Terminals for two decades, looks like they might win this time.
If the public buys into a service versus a product, we can wave the white flag on any privacy we had left, and censorship
will be just another feature down the road (everyone forgot about the AOL browser I guess).
The rest of us will continue on linux and have 10/8/7 on secondaries to support our Clients, but hell if we don't crap
on it at every turn for being a Trojan Horse OS.
In Windows 10, OS Trojans you !
End of Line.
GP is not required to explain others' reasons for doing what they do. I suspect he was motivated by the fact that you wrote "Whatever happened to the subtle trolls (yes they did exist) that had - on the surface at least - had very convincing arguments."
A strawman argument requires that the person responding changes the proposition and then refutes the changed proposition rather than the addressing the actual point of argument. GP neither changed your proposition nor directly refuted it - instead he questioned your premise. You literally claimed that subtle trolls existed and had superficially convincing arguments.
All in all a poor attempt at a red herring.
"Please explain where you see a straw man in this argument. "
Go look up "straw man" then maybe you'll get a clue.
"A straw man is a common form of argument and is an informal fallacy based on giving the impression of refuting an opponent's argument, while actually refuting an argument which was not advanced by that opponent."
So genius, which bit of:
"yet in your mind they were all definitely trolls. Why is that?"
isn't a straw man to you?
Thankfully, we don't need to wait years to say this will be a Microsoft operating system release like no other.
Why would I be thankful that this release is like no other, when all I really wanted I had in Windows 7? Why should I be thankful that there's now a fuckton of shit I have to learn to access differently if at all? Why would I be happy that Microsoft can diddle me out of the methods and tools I've used for years to diagnose problems with at their whim at any time? Why should management be glad that upon install people now get time-wasting metro style links in the Start menu. Fixed the Start menu, no it's still fucked up, thanks. Type "Device Manager" or "Control Panel" and see what you get?
And the kicker: Why can't Microsoft deliver me a complete operating system that will run for a decade with only essential security updates and security packs? Oh... they need to make more money off us.
for it was the GUI then it went Fischer Price and then the current monstrosity that looks like a bastard redheaded stepchild of the (asthetically poor) linux desktop and a cheap knock of mobile phone gui.
I directly countered claims you specifically put forth, using your own "evidence", as explained above. That's not a straw-man. Maybe you are just trying to teach me what a troll really looks like, eh?
Three days from now?? Thats tomorrow!! ~Peter Griffin
All of it. Because I am literate. Let me illustrate:
The problem is one of your own creation -- they [the subtle trolls] are not all subtle trolls? "Subtle trolls (yes they did exist)" includes non-trolls? Because the last time I checked, when you craft a category based upon a combination of characteristics, everything within the category should have each of the characteristics. Hence all subtle trolls would be subtle and would also be trolls.
You're unintentionally conceding his point -- not all "subtle trolls" are trolls -- for reasons that you now recognize but are unwilling to admit. Properly labeling someone as a troll requires that you know their intent, yet if they're being subtle you pretty much cannot know their intent. There is no strawman because you yourself set up the category, and he's merely questioning your ability to accurately apply use it without being overinclusive.
Got it, non-genius? Or perhaps subtle troll?
I looked up Straw Man and your username appeared.
I guess they will have a clean, no data spying, enterprise version, and a consumer version which is the current Windows 10.
There had to be a reason this was a "free" upgrade. The reason is all the service-selling and information-spying you get with it.
With 8 they stoppped making an OS for the users and started making one only for their interests
I sure hope so. I've always been a big Microsoft fan, .NET developer, Apple hater. But I upgrade my laptop from Win7 to Win10, then saw all the privacy invading stuff set by default, and converted back to Win7. Very disappointed in the current direction of Microsoft.
1. Compile
2. Ignore all compiler warnings
3. It Compiles? Ship It!
4. It's broken? Blame the customer, and have them patch it themselves
Windows is only of value if you value your time, data, and hardware as worthless.
Nice try, quite amusing really. All bullshit however.
"There is no strawman because you yourself set up the category, and he's merely questioning your ability to accurately apply use it without being overinclusive."
He's not questioning it, he's putting forward a false postulation which he's then using to as a point of argument.
Now go learn english.
Back at ya, unsubtle troll.
I at least gave it a fair shake. I used it for about 28 days on my main computer just to give myself a chance to get used to it, just like I always try to do with a new OS. 29th day, Back to Windows 7 for me on this laptop. The macbook will stay with Mint for the foreseeable future.
"Freedom in the USA is not the ability to do what you want. It is the ability to stop others from doing what THEY want"
I do not think that the latest version of Windows can be called "predictable", as it forces all updates to its users.
Since Microsoft is not planning to release another version of Windows, those updates are going to change features considerably.
There will certainly be changes that affect the UI heavily.
This is not something that could be regarded as reliable and predictable.
Also you have to consider that there exist commercial and long term supported versions of GNU/Linux like Red Hat Enterprise Linux, with high feature stability.
more like a game company... So, when will the DLC be released?, or maybe I'll wait till the GOTY edition.
Windows Ten Wallpaper ..
You need to stop telling others what to do and start explaining your own arguments in your own words. As we've asked you repeatedly to do.
So far all we have is you claiming that all those people were sublte trolls and then running away from your own claims like poor and less skilled version of Donald Trump.
Are you truly this stupid??
"yet in your mind they were all definitely trolls"
Is a blatant lie and a straw man he's attempting to set up. Got it? Or do you need it written out it crayon with explanatory notes?
You brainless cretin.
Oh just fuck off with this OMG M$ $HILL!!!11 bullshit. I haven't had problems with Windows booting for over a decade. Small sample set yes, but it's entirely feasible.
Not since Millenium, eh?
Understanding the scope of the problem is the first step on the path to true panic.
I guess they will have a clean, no data spying, enterprise version, and a consumer version which is the current Windows 10.
I expect the enterprise version will have one king hell hefty pricetag. I also expect all the data collected by the consumer version to be mined, resold, remined, resold again, repackaged, once more resold, ad nauseum. MS is going to have to make up for that revenue stream somehow or the stockholders will shitcan the front office fucks and install a new set that will. 'Free upgrade'? From Microsoft?
Understanding the scope of the problem is the first step on the path to true panic.
Market uptake for this Windows is the worst ever and I think will level off at around what Windows 8 was.
The OS is a service! LMFAO. So you mean like some sort of system that allows me to operate my computer? A modular system of components that can be independently upgraded and improved? Like Windows 95?
And this is the winner: They can ship improvements to me without selling me a new OS. Really? Aren't they clever!
It's OK Bender, there's no such thing as 2.