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Microsoft Resumes Rollout of Windows 10 Version 1809, Promises Quality Changes (zdnet.com)

Posted by msmash on from the third-time's-the-charm dept.

Microsoft on Wednesday resumed the rollout of Windows 10 version 1809. The re-release of the so-called October 2018 Update comes more than five weeks after the company pulled the original installation files from its download servers and stopped its scheduled delivery through Windows Update. From a report: In a blog post, Microsoft's John Cable, the director of Program Management for Windows Servicing and Delivery, says the data-destroying bug that triggered that unprecedented decision, as well as other quality issues that emerged during the unscheduled hiatus, have been "thoroughly investigated and resolved."

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  1. And yet by OYAHHH · · Score: 4, Insightful

    As I sit here 4 or 5 days in my Windows 10 Professional version, bought, paid for, came on high end laptop from day one, is indicating that it is not a valid license and that I need to activate it.

    Are they promising lower quality?

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  2. Quality? Really? by Syncerus · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Not to sound the hater, but MS has been promising quality since Windows 3.1 and has instead delivered a pretty veneer draped over a pile of compiled sludge. Any time I've programmed Windows apps, admittedly not since Windows 7, I've stumbled into shortcuts, hacks, slovenly cruft, and a general non-adherence to their own stated best practices. At this point, the onus of proof is on Microsoft to **demonstrate** quality rather than talk about it. Three or four updates in a row that that don't trigger showstopper bugs would be a good start. The world doesn't need another MS PowerPoint explaining the greatness of Windows 10: it needs a working Windows 10.

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  3. Versioning? by Surak_Prime · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I really need an explanation for how they justify saying they've made revisions while keeping it as Version 1809. That isn't how it works. That isn't how any of this works.

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  4. Re:Sure, we believe you ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Microsoft Resumes Rollout of Windows 10 Version 1809,

    So, we don't have version control anymore; the "fixed" version number is the same
    version number as the broken version. Great... Indian engineers... Just sayin'.

    "Hey, did you install the 1809 update yet?"
    "Which one?"

    CAP === 'rubble'