Microsoft's Biggest Patch, Ever! And, The Danger Factor

So, two things have hit Microsoft this week. And, no, one of them was not a pie. Okay, fine, that one was a bit on the old side, and I did feel bad for the guy, but hey, it works.

Anyway, back to those two things. The first big thing to be making waves in the tech world, and for many people on a personal level, is of course the outage and subsequent data loss suffered by Sidekick users at the hands of Microsoft's inability to properly run something a smaller company was running for years without glitches (thanks, TechCrunch). That would be servers. Something the World's Biggest Software Company really should have a handle on. I mean, they make server OSes and software. How hard could it have been for them to make sure there was a backup? Or, I don't know, take better care before upgrading your systems? Oh, wait, how about making sure there was a current backup, that worked properly, in place before upgrading your SAN? You know, just in case something went wrong.

But, hey, who the hell am I? Just some freaky bird and man combo (the best of both, if you know what I mean) who has some common sense. But, just a little, not a lot.

Whew, well, I've gotten that out of the way. Frigtards.

Sorry, residual anger over extreme incompetence and stupidity.

Dipshits.
Morons.
Dipshit Motherfucker Frigtarded Morons.

Ahem, excuse me. So sorry. I must be having some sort of tourettes-like episode.

Let me try again.

Okay, now, the next thing on the list is what is being billed as Microsoft's Biggest Patch, Ever! (Thanks, Reuters.) This one even includes some patch goodness for Windows 7. Yes, the not officially launched, out in the wild, ready to be bought, waiting lonely on some dirty tech store shelf to be taken home to a good, loving home, Latest-Greatest-Bestest-Ever Windows OS.

Ah, reminds me of my youth. (Ed. What?)

Now, I know Microsoft's been a punching bag of late. I've been known to put in a few good rights now and again, but, really people, why make such a big deal out of this? This is par for the course with Big Redmond. I can't remember an OS they've put out that didn't have a patch ready and waiting a good couple of weeks before the damned thing hit the retail channel. Can you?

I'll give you a minute to thing about it.

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Yeah, didn't think so. Honestly, this actually makes me proud of the company. They caught an issue before the OS fell into the hands of the unsuspecting public (though, at this point, really, John Q there really should be suspecting) and put out a fix. The real fun will be seeing how many patches need to be released to patch the patch they just released.

Ah, good ol' Microsoft. Good to see they're still in tip top form.

Of course, our favorite company here at HQ likes to take a slightly different approach. They like to declare their OS solid and good to go, then wait for all the user complaints to come rolling in. At least Microsoft makes a good show while they pretend to produce an error free OS. Oh hell, who am I kidding? Apple's OSes of recent have been much more stable out of the box than anything Microsoft's produced. I guess the public beta periods really do work better.

Well, that wraps up my "Microsoft is clueless" post for today. I'll be out of the office this afternoon, so if you need anything, just leave a message or let my secretary know. Oh, and tomorrow? I make no promises.

UPDATE: This just in from PCWorld: Microsoft recovered their Sidekick customers' data. Though, this article by David Coursey does raise some good questions. But, David, I'll give you the really, really obvious answer to all your questions. Incompetence. Deep rooted, corporate wide, institutional incompetence. Really, that should be all you need to answer any question you may ever have that begins with "Why did/can't/won't Microsoft …"