Last-Minute Glitch Holds Up Windows XP SP3 162
An anonymous reader sends word that Microsoft Windows XP SP3, which had been scheduled to hit the Web today, was pulled back at the last minute. SP3 apparently broke a Microsoft application, Microsoft Dynamics Retail Management System. Their solution is to set up a filter to make sure that no system running the affected software will get automatically updated; once the filter is in place, SP3 will be released to the Web. A fix for the incompatibility will follow.
Isn't this anticompetitive? (Score:4, Interesting)
Vista SP1 has the same bug (Score:4, Interesting)
Re:well done (Score:2, Interesting)
In a nutshell (Score:3, Interesting)
* one of Microsoft's own software breaks after installing SP3 for Windows XP.
* the software that breaks is a business application, and not some security program requiring undocumented API calls or system drivers
What are the odds that software from others will break, too?
A cynical part of me wonders if SP3 contains breaking changes to make life harder for WINE, and possibly other solutions.
Does anyone have more info regarding the specific reasons for breakage?
Re:Isn't this anticompetitive? (Score:4, Interesting)
What if... (Score:1, Interesting)
What about those users who choose to install XP, complete all the updates, and then install the rest of their software? Does SP3 revert to SP2? Does it prevent the installation of Dynamics? Or does it just break Dynamics?