[dba-Tech] What if Microsoft...

Hans-Christian Andersen hans.andersen at phulse.com
Tue Mar 12 13:15:56 CDT 2013


No worries. I can't speak for Tina, but that is what I meant. I personally would believe that Microsoft is able to push out a stable and well tested kernel and OS. Everyone else who writes software and drivers on top of windows.... Not so much :)

- Hans


On 2013-03-12, at 1:47 AM, "Gustav Brock" <gustav at cactus.dk> wrote:

> Hi Hans
> 
> Oh, I couldn't read that from the comment, sorry.
> 
> /gustav
> 
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> Andersen
> Sendt: 12. marts 2013 09:24
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> 
> The concern isn't the OS, but the critical applications that run on them.
> 
> - Hans
> 
> On 2013-03-12, at 1:14 AM, "Gustav Brock" <gustav at cactus.dk> wrote:
> 
>> Hi Hans
>> 
>> Yes, Windows 8 has been stable since the Developer prerelease was
> published.
>> 
>> The major difference was missing features. 
>> 
>> /gustav
>> 
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>> Hans-Christian Andersen
>> Sendt: 11. marts 2013 23:09
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>> 
>> That's a wise thing to do, although I would argue this is less of an 
>> issue when the software vendor does rolling releases. They are less 
>> likely to make sudden large, breaking changes.
>> 
>> - Hans
>> 
>> 
>> On 2013-03-11, at 2:22 PM, Tina Norris Fields 
>> <tinanfields at torchlake.com>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> I know I don't generally buy a new version of software until it has 
>>> been around for about 18 months. Let someone else pay for the privilege
> of 
>> being the beta-testing lab.  I'll wait until the sucker is stable!
>>> T
>>> 
>>> Tina Norris Fields
>>> tinanfields-at-torchlake-dot-com
>>> 231-322-2787
> 
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