Microsoft discovers what the rest of the world already knew

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When Microsoft releases a new version of Windows 10, it’s delivered in the form of a bandwidth-annihilating all-inclusive package. Windows 10 basically downloads a new copy of itself. Most Windows 10 users also don’t have much control over whether and when these massive updates occur.

Earlier this week, Microsoft publicly admitted that this arrangement is perhaps not ideal, and announced upcoming changes that will make the Windows 10 upgrade system less awful. Users will be given slightly more choice for scheduling upgrades, and the updates will only include what’s actually changed in the O/S, making them significantly smaller.

What’s really weird is the way that Microsoft is portraying these changes, as if they’ve discovered something new. Sorry, Microsoft. The rest of the world already knew that limiting update packages to what’s actually changed is a good idea.

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Jeff Rivett has worked with and written about computers since the early 1980s. His first computer was an Apple II+, built by his father and heavily customized. Jeff's writing appeared in Computist Magazine in the 1980s, and he created and sold a game utility (Ultimaker 2, reviewed in the December 1983 Washington Apple Pi Journal) to international markets during the same period. Proceeds from writing, software sales, and contract programming gigs paid his way through university, earning him a Bachelor of Science (Computer Science) degree at UWO. Jeff went on to work as a programmer, sysadmin, and manager in various industries. There's more on the About page, and on the Jeff Rivett Consulting site.

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