Microsoft is recalling an update to its Small Business Server product because of a glitch found late in the manufacturing process. They found a problem with Windows Small Business Server 2003 R2 after the product was released to computer makers but before it was made broadly available. “Recently, and during a regular audit as part of our software production process, Microsoft became aware of an issue with the final […] software containing nonfinal versions of a few core components,” Microsoft said in a statement.
This recall will probabply result in the usual MS v Linux bashing but this isnt really IMO news worthy especially as it doesnt detail what the actual core problems were .
Look at the release notes of e.g. SuSE & there will be things in there that as an end-user I would like not to have to deal with ether .
This is IMO a newslet – nothing too special .
I agree,
far more newsworthy is this
Microsoft are offering a free download of Virtual PC 2004 service pack 1 (free). The upcoming Virtual PC 2007 (vista based primarily) will also be free.
Download details etc here > http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtualpc/downloads/sp1.mspx
cheers
anyweb
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This is a pretty niche technology site, not CNN. Practically anything is newsworthy here. That’s kinda the point. This is pretty serious, too. I’ve never heard of a software recall, and the lack of disclosure about the details should do anything but get MS off the hook.
Speaking of “MS vs Linux,” one thing I’ve seen a lot lately from the MS side of the fence is the word “beta,” either for defending Vista’s flaws or for FUDding Linux flaws out of thin air. At least with Microsoft, you know you’re buying a complete product, right?
But not to worry, this won’t tarnish Microsoft’s image. They’ll come off as a hero for fixing the problem they made. That’s how it always works out.
TFA says the problem was that certain packages (or whatever the MS term is for that) weren’t updated to their RTM versions before the images were sent to OEMs.
It will cause a delay in a major Microsoft update, so it is certainly OS News. It also highlights the software packaging difficulties to which Microsoft is vulnerable. At this point, the commercial Linux distributors are the most adept at providing reliable updates on a regular basis.