Great... Now We Know When To Lube
Microsoft to Provide More Warning
and...
RSOD!
You know there's just something about the way Microsoft does business sometimes that makes me wonder. OK not so much wonder as laugh hysterically to myself in the comfort of my home.
I'm all for disclosure but Microsoft's semi-empty handed gesture is not going to do much, other than provide CIO's a chance to bend over and lube just a little before their servers get reamed. I think the problem is MS is facing a PR nightmare. As security flaws (big ones) creep up in their product families they are left with the choice of how to disclose, when and how to rapidly get a fix in. Bug management is no fun for anybody (be you closed or open source).
As for the Red Screen Of Death, where do I begin? As if the blue was "not clear" enough that something is wrong, we have to now color code it? I'm going to go one step further, let's just make a whole friggin rainbow. So when I have a mauve screen of death? I'll know that it's an RPC fault rather than a memory dump.
OK that ends my ranting for the day... At least when it comes to MS.
posted by Unknown @ 10:33 AM
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3 Comments:
The color-coded system worked for Homeland Security, so why not MS? Remember that Windows is made to accommodate for the lowest common denominator throughout its entire user-base (the whole world), so putting systems in place that add to user understanding is good. They can now use the BSOD the represent errors that a restart would probably fix and the RSOD to represent bigger errors. These big errors could be a signal for Joe Dumbass Windows User to take his computer to someone who knows stuff, whereas a BSOD he could just shrug off.
Oh, one last thing. Microsoft is mother. Microsoft is father. Protect the family. Obey. Trust Microsoft.
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While I acknowledge the need for clarity I think you misunderstand the thrust of the post.
The Homeland security system is far from effective in really clarrifying to the general population the types of actions that should be taken.
Also, this is a case of too little too late. Joe User has become so accustom to a system screen popping up and going right for the reboot button that be the screen red, blue, mauve, purple, or taupe the user won't really spend the time to read the message and take appropriate action.
So mother AND father... then really Microsoft is a hermaphrodite eh? Well why don't you get your bitch ass in the kitchen and make me some pie!
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