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> Goblin wrote:
>> 7 wrote:
>>> Roy Schestowitz wrote:
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>>>> Windows 7 RTM contains a rather nasty chkdsk bug
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>>>> | Windows 7 RTM, which will be distributed to MSDN/TechNet and technical
>>>> | beta testers tomorrow, contains a nasty memory leak when the chkdsk
>>>> | command is initiated.
>>>
>>>
>>> BWAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHHAAHAHAAA!!!!
>>> You coudn't make this stuff up!
>>>
>>> RTM? Surely it is RFD - Released For Distribution as it contains a lot
>>> of GPL'd software that has been code washed?
>>>
>>> The stuff that is non-GPL is included and are all the things that fail
>>> like
>>> chkdsk.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> | Some are calling the bug a "show stopper", whilst others (Randall
>>>> | Kennedy) claim it could derail the Windows 7 launch. It's worth noting
>>>> | that Kennedy claimed in November 2008 that Microsoft had delayed the
>>>> | Windows 7 beta to early 2009, even though company officials always
>>>> | stated this was the case. In other words, take his words with a
>>>> pinch of
>>>> | salt.
>>>> `----
>>>>
>>>> http://www.neowin.net/news/main/09/08/05
>>> windows-7-rtm-contains-a-rather-nasty-chkdsk-bug
>>>
>> Having read about the bug, does it matter if Microsoft are able to fix
>> it without intteruption to the release?
>>
>> I think the real damage is that IMO you have many users made suspicious
>> by Vista and with news like this (even if it turns out to be minor/non
>> existant) is the last thing Microsoft need to convince the world "it is
>> better this time"
>>
>> I think if Windows 7 releases with similar news to Vista then it will be
>> the final nail in the coffin for the platform.
>>
>> Maybe Microsoft should buy a few top spec PC's fully test them with
>> Vista 7 and then conduct another Mojave.....yep that will work....it did
>> with Vista..?!?!? that really convinced the public they had it all wrong.
>>
>> I am not sure how this bug was detected....chkdsk gorging on large
>> amounts of ram? Sounds like Windows is working as it should....;) I am
>> surprised anyone noticed.
>>
>> One thing we can be thankful for, if this type of bug is going to be par
>> for the course for Windows 7 users, expect the price of ram to come down
>> to meet the demand....thats got to be good news for every user.
>>
>
> Of course a Linux Distro never gets released with a bug, does it? Yep,
> if Linux is released with another bug it will be doomed just like
> Windows. Funny thing is this Windows 7 bug was discovered over three
> months before the public retail release, think it might be fixed with
> the first update long before it hits retail shelves?
>
> This grasping at straws seems pretty desperate.
Most distributions are released every 6 months. A proper comparison would
involve RHEL.
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