Windows XP SP2 Delayed Until Late 2004 261
Aiua writes "BetaNews is reporting that Microsoft has pushed back the release date for the second Windows XP service pack to the third quarter of 2004 without giving any reasons." Update: 08/19 12:52 GMT by M : Another article claims it will be out three months earlier, no later than June 2004.
Re:Service Pack? (Score:4, Funny)
C64 SP 920293420 (Score:4, Funny)
Other windows fixes (Score:3, Funny)
Debian [debian.org]
SuSe [suse.com]
Apple [apple.com]
Linux-Mandrake [linux-mandrake.com]
Gentoo [gentoo.org]
FreeBSD [freebsd.org]
Ironic.. (Score:5, Funny)
XP bug free (Score:5, Funny)
Possible reason (Score:0, Funny)
And in other news... (Score:5, Funny)
Then they went back to tracking the CURRENT vulnerabilities.
Finally!! (Score:5, Funny)
Shock, horror... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Possible reason (Score:3, Funny)
MOD PARENT DOWN!!! (Score:4, Funny)
(Isn't it a good /. tradition neither to read the article, nor to have any idea what it is about, while participating in the discussion?)
Re:XP bug free (Score:0, Funny)
Some of the most bug-infested third-party apps are
- Internet Explorer
- Outlook
- Windows Media Player
- Microsoft Office Suite
- XP Network Protocol Drivers
- XP GUI subsystem
- NTFS subsystem
Ahh, but it's nice to know that at least the kernel is bug free for the most time
Re:Finally!! (Score:5, Funny)
TaDa!!
Odds are (Score:2, Funny)
Or maybe they are thinking about stuffing in the virus scanning "features" they've been rumoring about...
Eh, it's just a service pack...
Re:calendar? or fiscal? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:C64 SP 920293420 (Score:5, Funny)
Hotfixes??? (Score:3, Funny)
Hmm... I guess the more you install the better it runs. That sure sounds odd.
Re:The press release has a typo in it (Score:5, Funny)
They've been trying, but their machines keep rebooting on their own for some reason...
Well... like they said back in the old days... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:One thing I don't really get... (Score:2, Funny)
OK. From a mostly default install of RH7.1 on my Dell Inspiron 5000e laptop (which installed flawlessly btw):
1) I click the little red circle with the '!' on the task bar. This opens the "Red Hat Network Alert Notification Tool".
2)Click "Launch Up2date"
3)Enter root password
4)Next
5)Next
6)Click "Select all packages"
7)Next
8)Next
9)Next
10)Finish
11)Close the "Red Hat Network Alert Notification Tool"
See, that easy. 11 easy steps instead of 3 for Windows.
Uh, shit...
(Non-gamer, so no Windows machine. Is it really just 3 clicks to update Windows? Probably needs at least 1 reboot though. HAH!)