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Microsoft Resumes Rollout of Windows 10 Version 1809, Promises Quality Changes (zdnet.com)
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."
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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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.
"Man is nothing without the works of man" -- Helvetius
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.
:::The Spear in the heart of the Other is the Spear in the heart of You; You are He - Surak of Vulcan:::
My Win7 has never made contact with Windows Update and never will. Still going fine.
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'
Maybe I'm being antediluvian, and this may be a bit off topic, but it seems to me an OS should allow one to run applications manage memory and storage, etc., and not have applications built into the software which is so tied to the OS that a misbehaving app can brick a computer. If you try out some app and it seems either not to your liking or seems to disrupt the OS then generally would be easy to remove and find something else that does what you wont. Look at the browser space or search apps: you've got many choices and it's the same with other types of needs. The result is the developers of apps become responsible for making sure things work with the OS. It would become clear very early to folks who pay attention if an app hosed an OS or computer.
In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act. George Orwell
A quality change would be service packs each year, and new versions of Windows each three years, which you could also upgrade to instead of wiping clean your disk but I guess it's too much for Microsoft. Also, having a good internal QA/QC team would be great instead of relying on "insiders" (what a stupid misnomer), sorry, external beta testers who Microsoft don't really listen to (the data wiping bug in Windows 10 1809 was reported months before it was made official but Microsoft didn't pay attention to it).
Oh, wait, we had exactly that up to Windows 7.
I still don't understand what their excuse is, as they successfully introduced new features in Windows NT/2000/XP/Vista service packs.