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David M · 11-09-2006, 10:30 AM

It sure looks that way Jimmy. I am guessing that there is a very high probability of a necessary SP1 within the first year to correct a bunch of problems. This is not criticism, just the reality that it is impossible to find most of the problems without testing an OS on millions of people first. Even Apple has to make periodic corrections.

Thousands of people write this stuff and then millions of people test it...look at the numbers and it is certainly understandable. Hypothetically, which group is going to uncover more problems?...a few thousand beta testers or millions of beta testers?...add to that black hats who are trying to do bad things to users.

11-09-2006, 10:30 AM	#11
David M Techphile. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: San Francisco Bay Posts: 5,956	It sure looks that way Jimmy. I am guessing that there is a very high probability of a necessary SP1 within the first year to correct a bunch of problems. This is not criticism, just the reality that it is impossible to find most of the problems without testing an OS on millions of people first. Even Apple has to make periodic corrections. Thousands of people write this stuff and then millions of people test it...look at the numbers and it is certainly understandable. Hypothetically, which group is going to uncover more problems?...a few thousand beta testers or millions of beta testers?...add to that black hats who are trying to do bad things to users. __________________ Asus P8P67 WS Revolution \| Intel 2600K @ 4.7 GHz \| Win 7 Pro 64 \|8 gigs Corsair 1600 \| Two Diamond 6990's in Crossfire\| Corsair AX1200 \| Thermalright Silver Arrow \| Western Digital Black 2TB 64 meg cache \| Lian-Li PC-A71B \| Logitec Z-5500 \| Three Asus 26" VW266H monitors running under Eyefinity \| Last edited by David M; 11-09-2006 at 10:36 AM.