OSNews > Thread > "RE[5]: Microsoft adopting the FOSS way of doing things" by ThawkTH

Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 26th Jun 2006 22:16 UTC

Paul Thurrot, ~~Microsoft~~ ~~Apple~~ Microsoft supporter, reviews the new Vista build: "Little more than a month after issuing a bug-laden Windows Vista Beta 2, Microsoft has shipped its first post-Beta 2 interim build of the next Windows and it makes up a lot of lost ground. Indeed, it's hard not to view this build and not believe that Microsoft is absolutely back on track." Another reviewer also states that performance has increased since the previous build.

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RE[5]: Microsoft adopting the FOSS way of doing things

by ThawkTH on Tue 27th Jun 2006 14:49 UTC in reply to "RE[4]: Microsoft adopting the FOSS way of doing things"

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2005-07-06

That's why!

I've been trying to figure out why my past three Windows installs suddenly made my partition default to E!

Thanks for this tidbit. It would've been nice to know earlier, not that it's a huge problem....

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RE[6]: Microsoft adopting the FOSS way of doing things

by kaiwai on Tue 27th Jun 2006 18:35 in reply to "RE[5]: Microsoft adopting the FOSS way of doing things"

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2005-07-06

I found out that bit of information when I received a freebie (full version) OEM copy from Microsoft when Windows XP was released. It certainly didn't leave me with a good impression.

Here is another good bug I found; change from the default Luna theme to one downloaded off the Microsoft site - this case, use Bliss; install it, change to the theme, load up the built in text editor - at the top, the menu items text is in white boxes, another example of Microsoft no properly testing their code (in this case, themes) with the spaghetti code which makes up the various parts of Windows?

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RE[7]: Microsoft adopting the FOSS way of doing things

by sappyvcv on Tue 27th Jun 2006 18:38 in reply to "RE[6]: Microsoft adopting the FOSS way of doing things"

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2005-07-06

That isn't a code issue, it's a theme issue. Even so, what does that have to do with "spaghetti code"? All software has bugs.

*shakes head*

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