Microsoft said Monday that the long-awaited update of Windows XP will be sent to manufacturing in August, a month later than expected. Windows XP Service Pack 2, or SP2, will contain a number of new features. Most of the improvements deal with security. One new feature, for example, is a Security Center that provides a view of a PC's key protection settings. An improved firewall and other tweaks are also planned.
This is the second time that Microsoft has delayed SP2, which was originally expected in June. Earlier this year, Microsoft said that the update would be delayed until July. The company gave no reasons for new delay. Last month, a number of Windows enthusiast Web sites reported that Microsoft had run into compatibility problems between SP2 and other software. Microsoft representatives were unavailable for comment.
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This is the second time that Microsoft has delayed SP2, which was originally expected in June. Earlier this year, Microsoft said that the update would be delayed until July. The company gave no reasons for new delay. Last month, a number of Windows enthusiast Web sites reported that Microsoft had run into compatibility problems between SP2 and other software. Microsoft representatives were unavailable for comment.
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I think it's good that they worked on it for a little longer... might actually work
and hopefully they have the translated versions ready to
and the answer would be: probably
tbh, i think everyone agrees that sp2 is a good thing; people would rather wait and make sure it's spot on perfection rather than rush it out the door, plus the fact the scope of what would be included in sp2, at the very least in terms of the firewall and IE, has increased. it's all good. It's ALL good.
Not only that, but I have 2149 on six different computers and it's stable as a rock. I think it's safe to assume that it's OK for most everyone else as well. While Joe Public may be getting impatient with the delays, people around here shouldn't be in any big hurry with a usable build already available. No reason to get a tit in the wringer over this.
As if they have ever followed by them anyway...Why don't they just drop it and say. "It'l be out when its done", instead of pushing the date back 50 billions times...<large exageration..yes i know...
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If you don't set a planned RTM... you won't even come close to getting it done.
But if you have to delay that RTM to make the product better, so be it. I think it's very clear that Microsoft is not the only company to do this...
People just seem to like picking on them more and more.
I think it'd be kind of funny if Ballmer came out and said "XP SP2 will be released WHEN IT'S DONE," a la John Carmack's famous line.
Ah well, its all good and it means us real testers might get another interim build.
They certainly take a long time to do anything. In the mean time and in between time (2 years) there's unlucky folks who don't stay up to date with all the hot fixes and patches whenever an exploit is found have probably gotten riddled and spyware infected. That would be the ordinary internet user who does not fall into our category of the "tech savvy" like us here. Microsoft worked on SP2 for almost 2 years now. It's lousy customer service IMO. And not to knock them cause I like Microsoft products but some open-souce software have updates faster than they do and they operate as a non-profit .orgs
No wonder they had to step up customer service as was reported last week...
But anyway better late than never....
Hey, you can't have it both ways.
For years people have been screaming about Microsoft prematurely releasing incomplete and insecure software; of using its paying customers as beta testers. And frankly there's been much truth to the accusations. Indeed, I've always been of two minds about that policy: on the one hand, the advancements in Microsoft's software have been greatly accelerated because of it—which is good; but on the other hand it's not exactly ethical to charge one's customers for testing incomplete products.
No matter. Microsoft now seems to have learned its lesson and appears to be making a good-faith effort at getting SP2 right before getting it out—even though they're not even directly profiting from the product. And considering the intense pressure that they're under to keep moving on this, I think it's safe to assume that they're peddaling as fast as they can.
Well, if they're going as fast as they can, then however long it takes has to be fast enough. Sending it out before it's finished would be counterproductive and would only get them screamed at some more. It will be out when it's done.
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