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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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    1. Re: And yet by TheFakeTimCook · · Score: 4, Funny

      Put down the iphone.

      Why? It's the only remaining WORKING device he has!

    2. Re: And yet by kurkosdr · · Score: 4, Funny

      It's always 1999 in Slashdot. Wait for the next "Year Of The Linux Desktop" article if you don't believe me.

  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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    1. Re:Versioning? by thegarbz · · Score: 4, Informative

      I can't believe I'm put in a stupid enough position to say this, but that is just the major version number. There are point releases after that. The version that was pulled was 10.0.17763.55. The current released version is 10.0.17763.107

  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'