Microsoft to fundamentally change way Windows is shipping

[Brink]

Near the end of Ballmer's tenure as CEO, he introduced the rapid release cycle for products at Microsoft. No longer will the company go years before significantly updating its products; instead, it will ship features as soon as they are ready. Nadella agrees with this and has been pushing his teams even harder to ship faster. Now, thanks to a new job posting on Microsoft's website, Windows is about to undergo even faster changes.

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[andrew129260]

This is not a good idea at all. This is the kind of thing that will push people further away.

(Well at least me) No subscription crap for me.

 

[Dragonfly]

This is not a good idea at all. This is the kind of thing that will push people further away.

(Well at least me) No subscription crap for me.

Maybe I misread it, but I didn't see any mention of subscription, just rapid release of updates, which is a good thing, isn't it?

 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

This is not a good idea at all. This is the kind of thing that will push people further away.

(Well at least me) No subscription crap for me.

Maybe I misread it, but I didn't see any mention of subscription, just rapid release of updates, which is a good thing, isn't it?

Maybe, maybe not. If M$ does like they did with Win 8, the upgrades may be forced on you, whether you like them or not.

The more I hear on the rumor mill about Win 9, the less I'm liking what I hear. It remains to be seen what the final release will be but it's looking more and more like I'll be using Win 7 to the bitter end, then either move everything on to Mac :shock: or Linux or keep my Win 7 machine running isolated from the internet (I'll have to make sure I have a new one by then with plenty of spare parts) and use something else for the internet only.

 

[RBS7]

I am not enthused about a Windows subscription, I am sick of small monthly charges, from every damned software outfit out there. The problem is the monthly fee would start to raise yearly, just like taxes, cable and internet fees do now.

I remember a time when internet service was $12.00 a month and cable TV was only $25.00.
Of course, then again, I remember when TV was totally free.

 

[Lady Fitzgerald]

My TV is still free (which is about what it is worth).

 

[Jonguy30]

Okay so in my opinion rapid release means more broken stuff and more forced updates. I am not liking this at all, just like what mozilla did with the firefox web browser, they adapted the "rapid release" cycle and now their software is falling apart.

 

[Pendaws]

Sounds like motor cars, get them on the road as fast as possible and let the warranty period fix the problems.

 

[NoN]

This is not a good idea at all. This is the kind of thing that will push people further away.

(Well at least me) No subscription crap for me.

Maybe I misread it, but I didn't see any mention of subscription, just rapid release of updates, which is a good thing, isn't it?

Maybe, maybe not. If M$ does like they did with Win 8, the upgrades may be forced on you, whether you like them or not.

The more I hear on the rumor mill about Win 9, the less I'm liking what I hear. It remains to be seen what the final release will be but it's looking more and more like I'll be using Win 7 to the bitter end, then either move everything on to Mac :shock: or Linux or keep my Win 7 machine running isolated from the internet (I'll have to make sure I have a new one by then with plenty of spare parts) and use something else for the internet only.

Lucky Windows 7 have a support til 2020 for security updates only...but about hotfixes ending in January 2015 those that have professional, entreprise, ultimate should be better caring on. As most of average users have Home Premium those will be forced in some way to upgrade.

That the decade of consumerism, live fast die young!

Those guys are deep stuck in the maelstrom pushed hard forward to sell their products to the younger dudes coming along....Looks like some wants to get rid of old fashioned system & mentality by prohibit the products staying to too long on the market share business. I guess to they do are falling in the "future" trap even if it is what we need the most.

Well, changing mentality & habits will take less time that what we thought first, i think.

"The revolution will not be televised" (GSH)

 

[ThrashZone]

Quick release usually equals more recalls
Rubles anyone

 

[Seffrid]

If they intend to release upgrades incrementally rather than a whole OS at a time, that would explain the rather cryptic description of a monthly update they keep offering, the one that is supposed to assist the future upgrading experience.