MSFT Hot Fix and Hot Issue Center

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Chad Harris

MSFT Hot Fix and Hot Issue Center

http://blogs.technet.com/hot/archiv...o-microsoft-hot-fix-and-hot-issue-center.aspx

"Welcome to Microsoft Hot Fix and Hot Issue Center
Thank you for checking Microsoft Hot Fix and Hot Issue Center.

My team, content team, handles all the hot-fix related knowleadge base
articles for almost all Microsoft product, such as Windows XP/Server
2003/Vista/Server 2008, Exchange Server, SQL Server, Visual Studio, HIS,
IIS, Biztalk Server ... and son on. At the same time, my team is also
generating knowleadge base articles for hot issue occurs recently.

Our blog is intended to provide a window where user can know what is hot for
Microsoft product recently. We'll update the blog periodically and hope it
can help you.

For more support information, we encourage you to visit
http://support.microsoft.com

Best,
Microsoft Content Team

Posted: Monday, December 10, 2007 7:40 AM by Chris Mu"

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MICHAEL

Chad Harris said:
MSFT Hot Fix and Hot Issue Center

http://blogs.technet.com/hot/archiv...o-microsoft-hot-fix-and-hot-issue-center.aspx

"Welcome to Microsoft Hot Fix and Hot Issue Center
Thank you for checking Microsoft Hot Fix and Hot Issue Center.

My team, content team, handles all the hot-fix related knowleadge base articles for almost
all Microsoft product, such as Windows XP/Server 2003/Vista/Server 2008, Exchange Server, SQL
Server, Visual Studio, HIS, IIS, Biztalk Server ... and son on. At the same time, my team is
also generating knowleadge base articles for hot issue occurs recently.

A great idea, and it's about time.

Thanks, Chad.


-Michael
 
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Charlie Tame

MICHAEL said:
A great idea, and it's about time.

Thanks, Chad.


-Michael

Yeah, this is exactly what MS need to be "Seen" to be doing. When a user
hits problems they need to see somebody cares, not a bunch of people
saying "It's your own fault because you ... " etc.

I sympathize somewhat with MS because Vista is entering a market that's
looking at avoiding wasting money and looking for alternatives, and
misbehaving with the life cycle of XP systems that folks are used to and
happy with - and hardware they have which will cost money to upgrade is
a problem they seem to want to create, instead they should avoid it even
if that means less forceful attempts to market Vista. Willing users are
far more likely to accept setup problems than folks who feel they have
been forced into adoption.

IMHO Vista II should be a whole new secure core (I mean secure not UAC
style user security) with everything else (Like your issue with media
player) quite independent.

Trying to maintain compatibility with Legacy should be nothing to do
with the core, instead a modular series of "Emulators" should be
designed, by then the hardware should be able to cope with it, so if you
want to play games on it you run them under something like a virtual
machine. This is light years ahead of my ability to design, but so is
most of the MS stuff they already have so I don't believe it would be
impossible to do.

I mean the current MS philosophy, including server versions etc, seems
to be to design and all singing all dancing system and then sell cut
down versions such as home basic. The work is already done so there's no
saving to MS really, simply a marketing exercise. What I suggest is more
or less a secure hardened VM without unnecessary bloat and a set of
brand new apps to run on it. Sure, it sounds a bit like Linux or BSD,
nothing wrong with that if it works. If there's been an error maybe XP
was made just too versatile and trying to improve on it from a usability
point of view is just diminishing returns.

Charlie
 
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MICHAEL

Charlie Tame said:
Yeah, this is exactly what MS need to be "Seen" to be doing. When a user hits problems they
need to see somebody cares, not a bunch of people saying "It's your own fault because you ...
" etc.

I sympathize somewhat with MS because Vista is entering a market that's looking at avoiding
wasting money and looking for alternatives, and misbehaving with the life cycle of XP systems
that folks are used to and happy with - and hardware they have which will cost money to
upgrade is a problem they seem to want to create, instead they should avoid it even if that
means less forceful attempts to market Vista. Willing users are far more likely to accept
setup problems than folks who feel they have been forced into adoption.

IMHO Vista II should be a whole new secure core (I mean secure not UAC style user security)
with everything else (Like your issue with media player) quite independent.

Trying to maintain compatibility with Legacy should be nothing to do with the core, instead a
modular series of "Emulators" should be designed, by then the hardware should be able to cope
with it, so if you want to play games on it you run them under something like a virtual
machine. This is light years ahead of my ability to design, but so is most of the MS stuff
they already have so I don't believe it would be impossible to do.

I mean the current MS philosophy, including server versions etc, seems to be to design and
all singing all dancing system and then sell cut down versions such as home basic. The work
is already done so there's no saving to MS really, simply a marketing exercise. What I
suggest is more or less a secure hardened VM without unnecessary bloat and a set of brand new
apps to run on it. Sure, it sounds a bit like Linux or BSD, nothing wrong with that if it
works. If there's been an error maybe XP was made just too versatile and trying to improve on
it from a usability point of view is just diminishing returns.

Good points, Charlie. I agree.

Looking at things now, I really believe Microsoft should have just
started from scratch, like is hinted for Windows 7. With XP being
supported for several more years and many folks happy as can be
using it- Vista should have been what Windows 7 will probably be
or, just skipped it altogether until Microsoft could get it right, and make
something that really made folks go "Wow".


-Michael

-Michael
 
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Chad Harris

Good points from both of you Michael and Charlie. But you know all
irresitible forces in the equation from the hdw manufacturers of boxes and
peripherals that are salivating for a new MSFT OS every so many years not to
mention the pressure on Ballmer and the business end of the Windows platform
to make megabucks. In a really better world, what you suggested might have
happened.

CH
 

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