Re: Where are all the maccies??

wetpixel wrote:
In article <UpWdne8IavfaSuPUnZ2dnUVZ_jwAAAAA@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, Steve de
Mena <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

So you have no sense of scale?
Every alteration, at any level, is a 'Service Pack'?

Microsoft is at fault here -- using an ambiguous and uninformative
phrase like 'Service Pack' (which is also wrong and inappropriate)
robbed people of understanding what was happening.
Oh my. That sounds so terrible. All those people being "robbed of understanding what was happening". I see another class action suit!!
Sarcasm indicates you don't have anything to say.

You should have been bright enough to comprehend what I was saying.

Yes, Microsoft's name of 'service pack' tells those people nothing
about what is being changed.

Are you serious? Microsoft releases extremely long and detailed release notes listing every single hotfix with KB article numbers about what is in a Service Pack. Versus Apple's updates that usually contain a 10,000 foot overview "Various security and performance improvements".

It robs them of information, magnitude,
and a sense of control over their needs and updates.
No, I'm not suggesting that people need to not use them. I'm suggesting
Microsoft is trying to hide what doesn't need to be hidden, and that
users often want to know what's going on.

You're actually implying Microsoft doesn't document what is in a Service Pack?

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/bb738089.aspx
(Vista SP1 as an example. You could spend HOURS here reading about SP1)

Here is Apple's 10.5.6 Update page:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3194

One could read all the information there in about 30 seconds.

Microsoft loves to create new terms, and they don't seem to be bothered
by the fact that the terms people use are already appropriate and
meaningful. They seem to even have diminished simple usages, like
upgrade and update, optimize and defragment, filter and rule, and many
more.
Don't spread this around to just anyone, but I hear they are working on diminishing the words "the" and "and" next.

Sarcasm again. Too bad.

Steve
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