MS Upgrades To Be Smaller And More Frequent

duplicantk8 writes "Following the numerous delays to the Vista launch, MS is planning to have more frequent and smaller incremental upgrades, according to the Financial Times." From the article: "Those delays are set to end late next year with the simultaneous launch of new versions of Windows and the Office suite of PC applications in the company's most significant new product cycle since Windows 95. The new versions of the company's key PC software are likely to rekindle higher growth after a period that saw its growth rate slip below 10 per cent for the first time last year, according to Wall Street analysts. Mr Ballmer's comments are the most public sign yet of the dent to Microsoft's confidence in its core development process that resulted from the Vista delays."

Reboots

[Average_Joe_Sixpack]

Wonder if they have finally figured out a way to update the OS without performing a reboot.

Smaller changes?

[JordanL]

I don't think they can get much smaller than the changes planned in Vista.

Windows update....

[Misanthrope]

For some reason windows update will be replaced by the commands.
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

Woody?

[beforewisdom]

Does this mean that microsoft will have more releases than Debian Woody?

Re:scratching head

[Golias]

Basically they are saying that "Black Tuesday" becomes "Black Nine Fifteen In The Morning."

I'm sure sysdmins in MS-centric shops all over the world are rejoicing.

Why doesn't Bill

[pHatidic]

Just change his name to Steve and call it a day.

MS becomes agile?..switches to XP for development?

[FerretFrottage]

Wouldn't you love the be the developer who gets Ballmer or Gates as your pair programmer.

[developer]:You forgot to comment that code

[Ballmer]: (pickup chair and tosses it smashing his triple head display of Dell 2405 monitors) The code comment's itself!!!

[developer]: What about best practices? I'm suppose to be learning from you.

[Ballmer]: Well then start by getting off you ass and picking up that chair. Now with both hands on the arm rests.....NO NO NO...use you're back to lift, not your legs.

Re:Windows update....

[Bogtha]

Okay, they are really in trouble if Debian releases more frequently than them!

Re:Windows update....

[Anonymous Coward]

I'm sorry you have mispelled those commands. The proper format is:

emerge --sync
emerge -vu world

:)

Re:What.....

[coolGuyZak]

I think the mispelling of Microsoft is what did the post in. Acceptable mispellings include "M$" "Micro$oft" "MSFT" and "M$FT"... "Microsuck" is really hitting below the belt. (Well, it implies that something is happening below the belt, at any rate).

Re:Windows update....

[tpgp]

And there will be a file in c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\sources.list
containing:

# See Windows Help file on sources.list for more information
# Remember that you can only use http, ftp or file URIs
cab http://amt.microsoft.com/microsoft [microsoft.com] vista unstable main

# Uncomment if you want the amt-get source function to work
#cab-src http://amt.microsoft.com/microsoft [microsoft.com] vista unstable main

# Uncomment if you want amt reallyunstable
#cab-src http://amt.microsoft.com/microsoft [microsoft.com] vista reallyunstable main

# Uncomment if you want amt reallyreallyunstable
#cab-src http://amt.microsoft.com/microsoft [microsoft.com] vista reallyreallyunstable main

Re:MS becomes agile?..switches to XP for developme

[TubeSteak]

I don't know why you got modded funny,
its a terrible idea to lift with your back instead of your legs.

"Bend at the knees" is what they say
Cause there's nothing funny about back pain.

If I get modded down, someone obviously didn't get the humor.

Re:Windows update....

[Waffle Iron]

Okay, they are really in trouble if Debian releases more frequently than them!

Hard to believe, but true:

Windows XP: Oct 2001
Debian Woody: July 2002
Debian Sarge: June 2005
Windows Vista: ?? 2006?

Re:Smaller changes?

[Mr2cents]

I don't think they can get much smaller than the changes planned in Vista.

That's why Microsoft is secretly researching quantum-changes; changes so small they cannot be detected even by diff!

Upgrades to be smaller and more frequent...

[argStyopa]

you mean, more like a virus?

hmm.

Do like Sony. Think of them as "Adventure Packs"

[Lordleppard]

Just like Sony Entertainment has been doing for Everquest2, don't give patches for free, charge people. Call them "Adventure Packs" and come up with fancy names so people think they are getting something extra and not something they should be getting anyway. Let's see, call the first critical patch: "The Spyware Saga" and part of the "Adventure Pack" includes a popup blocker and anti-spoofing Software. They can start advertising an Expansion Pack "Vista: The Clone Wars" and have people pay for more patches.