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• Woody’s Windows Watch: Phantom features and the Win10 treadmill

  Posted on February 4, 2019 at 04:22 CST by woody • Comment in the Forums

  So I get it. Microsoft’s version of “as a service” means we get to slog through brand new versions of Win10 every six months. I know the downside. First hand. But what’s the upside? What are we getting in return for all the churn?

  Take a look at the new feature lists and ask yourself if the gain is worth the pain.

  Out this morning in AskWoody Plus Newsletter 16.4.0.

  Windows News upgrade cycle, useless features, Windows as a Service, Woody's Windows Watch

• Hoffman: Windows Isn’t a Service; It’s an Operating System

  Posted on November 14, 2018 at 14:02 CST by woody • Comment in the Forums

  Yet another laser-sharp analysis from Chris Hoffman at HowToGeek.

  “Windows as a Service” is failing. It’s obvious: Windows is not a service, and never was. It’s a desktop operating system, and it doesn’t need updates every six months. Even iOS and Android only get significant updates once per year.

  You can’t patch the desktop like a phone.

   

  Windows News Windows as a Service

• Ed Bott unloads on the horrendous state of Windows as a, uh, “service”

  Posted on November 9, 2018 at 08:30 CST by woody • Comment in the Forums

  If you only read one article today, read this one from Ed Bott on ZDNet:

  If Microsoft wants to treat Windows 10 as a service, it has a responsibility to its customers to provide accurate information about problems with that service. Over the last month, the company has failed miserably in that regard.

  Of course, I’d argue that MS has failed miserably for much more than a month, but that’s just me.

  Read it.

  Windows News Ed Bott, Windows as a Service

• Windows as a Service in a nutshell, explained

  Posted on August 10, 2017 at 05:56 CDT by woody • Comment in the Forums

  Microsoft just posted a succinct, accurate description of the new “Semi-Annual Channel” terminology, but there are a few important loose ends

  Computerworld Woody on Windows

  UPDATE: @teroalhonen, on Twitter, just published the group policy settings for the Windows Update policy in the Fall Creators Update version 1709/1710.

  Windows Patches/Security Current Branch for Business, Windows as a Service