Monday, February 18, 2008

Extra extra high quality - by Microsoft

As you might already know, I'm no friend of Microsoft (for a large and expanding number of reasons). So I'm twice happier to make fun of them. For example - recent versions of Microsoft's programs were not accepted as fast as expected. It is said that people are waiting for first "service-pack" - an update that fixes bugs and design errors.
Obviously, such delay from release of the first version to the release of SP1 delays the revenues and profits. So Microsoft did something "incredibly" smart. They offer new versions already with SP1 (Windows Server 2008). That's right.
I'm not sure if this is supposed to be a joke. Maybe not. Maybe they are trying to cheat the consumers(again). Maybe there will be someone who would really believe that the "service-pack" means what it is supposed to mean - better programs (operating system). Maybe it will take a version or two before consumers learn that new version with SP1 means in fact new version without SP1, ie. Microsoft is just practicing cheap talk. For most people, this means that it is just trying to fool you.
Better take a look at that Ubuntu Linux soon.

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