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Re: [News] [Rival] The "stealth updates" backlash continues

____/ [H]omer on Tuesday 16 October 2007 21:31 : \____

> The Windows peasants are revolting:
> 
> .----
> | See, here’s the problem.  To feel comfortable with having an open
> | channel that allows your OS to be updated at the whim of a third
> | party (even/especially* Microsoft … * delete as applicable)
> | requires that the user trusts the third party not to screw around
> | with the system in question.  This means no fiddling on the sly,
> | being clear about what the updates do and trying not to release
> | updates that hose systems.  While any and all updates have the
> | potential to hose a system, there’s no excuse for hiding the true
> | nature of updates and absolutely no excuse for pushing sneaky
> | updates down the tubes.  Over the months vigilant Windows users
> | have caught Microsoft betraying user trust on several separate
> | occasions and this behavior is eroding customer confidence in the
> | entire update mechanism.
> |
> | [...]
> |
> | What bothers me more than the specific issues themselves is the
> | attitude that Microsoft seems to take to reported issues.  The
> | overall impression that I get as someone who deals directly with
> | the company is that Microsoft believes that it is right and anyone
> | making a fuss is ultimately wrong.  This doesn’t give me any
> | confidence that the message that change is needed has been received
> | and understood.  I’ve had reassurances that there will be greater
> | transparency in future, but I’ve yet to see any progress made here.
> `----
> 
> The trust is gone. In fact it was never there to begin with - people
> just rarely thought about it, but now ... they do.
> 
> Microsoft's nefarious methods are under the spotlight, from all
> quarters. Corporate bullishness may be an admirable trait in the
> boardroom, but at street level it just looks like arrogance and
> malevolence, which of course ... it is. The game's up, Microsoft.
> 
Who owns whose PC? There's a good essay about this. Will post it shortly.
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