Catastrophic Bug Found in Windows 7 RTM Build, Launch May be Delayed

http://www.dailytech.com/Catastrophic+Bug+Found+in+Windows+7+RTM+Build+Launch+May+be+Delayed/article15901.htm

by inovica • 17 years ago

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mehta• 17 years ago

Wasn't this found to be intentional? http://blogs.zdnet.com/Bott/?p=1235

ComputerGuru2• 17 years ago

Read the article you linked carefully... No where in it does it say that this behavior is intended or by design.

Bott (an admitted MS lackey), explains why in his opinion it won't stop RTM from shipping, or even delay it in the slightest.... and I fully agree.

The bug simply isn't priority 0. No one has Windows Update disabled these days, and this issue, as Bott well describes, won't manifest itself in any of the default configurations/options.

He admits it's incorrect behavior, but works out the logic why it's not the end of the world and correctly explains that the sky is NOT falling on Windows 7, contrary to popular belief :)

jrockway2• 17 years ago

What?

Here's what I read, from someone who works at Microsoft:

[T]he design was to use more memory on purpose to speed things up, but never unbounded — we requset [sic] the available memory and operate within that leaving at least 50M of physical memory.

This is what happens, right? So I don't see how the article is wrong. I also don't see how this is a problem for anyone.

"When recovering your disk from catastrophic failure, Windows uses extra memory to make the recovery go as quickly as possible." OH NOES!!!11!!

FiveFiftyOne• 17 years ago

You link to a sane, rational tech journo who took the time to test the issue and consider his results? No sensationalism? No foaming at the mouth, running in circles panic? I must have slipped into the Twilight Zone. Cue the funky music and the thing on the wing.

jrockway2• 17 years ago

Awesome picture.

miracle• 17 years ago

It's not like in linux where you have to install all the updates yourself by hand!

Windows Update baby!

perusio• 17 years ago

Yeah. That's really an issue unless you're using an OS that has malware/virus ratio below 200 per day.

In that case it's really a must to have automatic updates.

ars• 17 years ago

Why is this so catastrophic? How hard is it to fix a memory leak? Unless there is something else going on. But a regular memory leak?

Catastrophic Bug Found in Windows 7 RTM Build, Launch May be Delayed

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