Gregg Keizer writes about a new model for releasing Microsoft Windows software beginning when Windows 10 hits the market. His editorial is based on input from the Gartner Symposium/ITxpo 2014 where Michael Silver and Stephen Kleynhans review the plan for future Windows releases. It appears that there is an intention to release updates to the Windows operating system monthly in smaller increments rather than annually, or even longer, with many changes.
Can you imagine getting updates to your operating system monthly? Sometimes Windows Updates can cause enough issues to keep you on your toes. Now you may have the potential to get even more in your Windows Updates.
For those of us who are early adopters this will be like candy. For the other people keeping systems stable, this could be their worst nightmare.
Let me be clear…I am not Microsoft bashing with this editorial. Neither am I taking time to review the assertions in Gregg’s editorial. Do not take this as documented fact of anything representing a product that has not even been released yet.
What I can do is raise the question of the impact of a continuous release. Some of us already experience it today using tools like the Chrome browser. Continuous release can work. But, I have experienced things going away or coming back for reasons unknown to me, and outside of my control. Is that what you want on your workstation? Is that what you need on your servers? Is that good for the enterprise? Are you willing to pay money to keep it from happening?
Leave your thoughts here online. Perhaps even take some time to read Gregg’s editorial and let us know what you think.
Cheers,
Ben