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Microsoft confirms next XP service pack | |
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| Time: 12:05 EST/17:05 GMT | News Source: CNET | Posted By: John Quigley | ||
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Microsoft has revealed plans to release a third service pack for its Windows XP operating system. "There will be a Service Pack 3 for Windows XP," Bernard Ourghanlian, technical and security director at Microsoft France, confirmed, revealing that Microsoft's OS is set for another major update. Windows XP's Service Pack 2, which came out last September, deeply modified the operating system by updating its security. Windows XP SP3 will be available sometime next year--after the launch of Windows Vista, which "is the priority for the development teams," according to Microsoft France. Microsoft has yet to reveal details about the contents of the service pack. Laurent Delaporte of Microsoft France said: "Historically, certain functions of new versions of Windows are integrated in the service packs of previous versions." |
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| #1 By 15406 (216.191.227.68) at Friday, September 30, 2005 01:49:58 PM |
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I've always disagreeed with this method of adding functionality via service pack. Service packs should fix issues in base functionality, as well as fixes for any added modules the user has chosen to install. It should never add functionality by itself. It isn't right to force the user to add modules just to get baseline fixes in a convenient package. For a hypothetical example, if I have an XP box with WinFS installed, I would expect SP3 to patch any flaws in WinFS. But if I don't have WinFS installed, I don't want SP3 to add it.
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| #2 By 25030 (68.34.14.140) at Friday, September 30, 2005 02:49:53 PM |
| Well, I'd rather have MSFT add functionality for free, via a SP to an existing OS rather than be forced to upgrade the OS even more frequently than we're already "pushed" to do. |
| #3 By 2960 (68.101.39.180) at Friday, September 30, 2005 02:50:11 PM |
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I agree.
New stuff should be put in Option Packs. TL |
| #4 By 3746 (24.215.62.156) at Friday, September 30, 2005 05:13:23 PM |
| If microsoft did that then most of the sheep who couldn't load an option pack would not have gotten all of the security enhancements that XP sp2 provided. MS is in a rock and a hard place on this. Persoanlly, I would like to have more options myself but would like everyone who doesn't have a clue would not get the latest updates and enhancements. |
| #5 By 21705 (66.130.80.222) at Friday, September 30, 2005 11:32:59 PM |
| Does http://www.thehotfix.net/sp3.html could have influenced Microsoft? |
| #6 By 3 (62.253.128.15) at Saturday, October 01, 2005 09:21:42 AM |
| #5 - unlikely as they are just hotfixes and some already show sp3, so they had it planned for some time. |
| #7 By 15406 (24.43.125.29) at Saturday, October 01, 2005 10:43:34 PM |
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#4: you're not getting it. The service pack would update whichever components the user has installed, but it would not install new functionality. The user would receive any relevant fixes for what they had installed, but no new apps or services. This is important for server stability. If I have a stable server, why would I want WinFS (again just as an example) delivered in a service pack when nothing I do on that server relies on that service, at the potential expense of losing stability by introducing a new component I don't need?
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| #8 By 32132 (207.81.85.238) at Sunday, October 02, 2005 11:16:51 PM |
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Most companies with Windows domains should be using WSUS or SUS or SMS which allows them to choose what patches, features etc to install.
If Latch actually had any experience he would know that. |
