Repost: more Vista news an update & something else
Jun 4, 2008 19:50:54 GMT
Post by CharlieChomper on Jun 4, 2008 19:50:54 GMT
Disclaimer: As the title suggests, this is a reposting of an earlier thread. The information is still relevant as is the article and was important enough to where I've chosen to repost it here.
I was recently catching up on news on some of the tech sites I periodically frequent and read and came across a few articles that I thought I'd post links to in case anyone here may have been interested in reading them.
The first item involves an update to a story I had previously posted the link to--the problems associated with the upcoming first service pack for Vista. As a result of it and the severity of the problem, Microsoft decided to pull it last Wednesday until they can supposedly "fix" the problems with it before they put it out there again for developers and users.
www.news.com/Microsoft-pulls-Vista-SP1-update/2100-1016_3-6231299.html?tag=ne.fd.mnbc
The second and third items relate to the first in that it seems that Service Pack one not only has been causing installation and update problems for people, but other problems as well (unrelated to Microsoft's recent decision). It seems it's been disabling or causing problems with some "3rd party" software such as anti-viral software and firewall software. Some vendors (mainly companies in the anti-viral business) have offered temporary workarounds for users.
www.crn.com/software/206801221
support.microsoft.com/kb/935796
The last item, I'm not quite sure what to say about it really or even how best to describe it. It's one of those things that I suppose you have to see for yourself to believe. However, from what I've read, Microsoft is releasing it largely and exclusively through the development community, supposedly, at various upcoming events as a way of "promoting their brand image" as well as their products. It's so far met with mixed opinions ranging from ridicule to comments about stereotyping from within the tech community, with most of the opinions leaning more toward the mindset of finding it ridiculous (there's also been a bit of fun in trying to speculate who they consider to be some of the "villains").
Regardless, for those curious to see what all the fuss is about, here it is:
msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/events/aa570304.aspx
If you click on the pictures of the characters, it provides you with little "biographies" for each of them.
I was recently catching up on news on some of the tech sites I periodically frequent and read and came across a few articles that I thought I'd post links to in case anyone here may have been interested in reading them.
The first item involves an update to a story I had previously posted the link to--the problems associated with the upcoming first service pack for Vista. As a result of it and the severity of the problem, Microsoft decided to pull it last Wednesday until they can supposedly "fix" the problems with it before they put it out there again for developers and users.
www.news.com/Microsoft-pulls-Vista-SP1-update/2100-1016_3-6231299.html?tag=ne.fd.mnbc
The second and third items relate to the first in that it seems that Service Pack one not only has been causing installation and update problems for people, but other problems as well (unrelated to Microsoft's recent decision). It seems it's been disabling or causing problems with some "3rd party" software such as anti-viral software and firewall software. Some vendors (mainly companies in the anti-viral business) have offered temporary workarounds for users.
www.crn.com/software/206801221
support.microsoft.com/kb/935796
The last item, I'm not quite sure what to say about it really or even how best to describe it. It's one of those things that I suppose you have to see for yourself to believe. However, from what I've read, Microsoft is releasing it largely and exclusively through the development community, supposedly, at various upcoming events as a way of "promoting their brand image" as well as their products. It's so far met with mixed opinions ranging from ridicule to comments about stereotyping from within the tech community, with most of the opinions leaning more toward the mindset of finding it ridiculous (there's also been a bit of fun in trying to speculate who they consider to be some of the "villains").
Regardless, for those curious to see what all the fuss is about, here it is:
msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/events/aa570304.aspx
If you click on the pictures of the characters, it provides you with little "biographies" for each of them.
