"Mr Macaw" wrote in message news
On Sat, 16 Jan 2016 22:25:12 -0000, edevils
wrote:

On 16/01/2016 22:47, Jake wrote:


"edevils" wrote in message ...

On 16/01/2016 18:14, Mr Macaw wrote:
On Sat, 16 Jan 2016 17:06:39 -0000, Paul wrote:

Fritz Wuehler wrote:

So, free Windows is just like Linux now. A lot of code and
promising crap that never gets fixed or developed further.

Most of the time, we end up not understanding
why they're changing things. If the objective was
to in an obvious way, "make Win10 better and better",
I might have a more positive attitude to the rolling
release idea and what they're actually doing to it.

For example, the desktop version uses Windows
Update. The latest builds added Update Orchestrator,
which sits above Windows Update, a piece of software
used on the Enterprise edition. Do consumers
need Update Orchestrator ? No.
Did the policies in the OS change, because
of the presence of Update Orchestrator ? Yes.
Is the overall change an improvement for
consumers ? No.

The desktop version is being used as a testbed,
and for ideas that may have no positive impact
on the consumer version itself. And that's not
really the intention of the rolling release idea.
It's an abuse of rolling release.

Yawn..... it works for me, it's the nicest OS I've ever used. And it's
not gone wrong once.

It works for me too, but the fact that it is being used as a testbed,
like Paul put it, combined with the nearly "unstoppable" automatic
updates, makes me a bit unconfortable. I mean, a new feature update
could break it any time, could it not?

I've allowed MS to update my machines automatically for years without an
issue.

Same here.
But automatic updates did not include new features, usually, in previous
Windows versions.

Why would that increase the chances of a monumental ****up?

However, a Win 10 update a few weeks ago did change some of my
settings. But no problems since then.
But since we have no choice, lets see how it plays out.

However, Windows 10 *Professional* allows you to defer risky feature
upgrades, while still receiving security patches as soon as they are
released. That's why I deem Pro safer than Home.

Why would anyone have less than the full version?

Now that is an interesting question. I've got what the machine came with.
Since it's "free", I'm wondering if I can upgrade free?

I'm going to sniff around.

I'll keep you posted.