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It's a more realistic position than the entitled "GIVE ME BLOOD! SOMEONE MUST SUFFER!" response every time there's a minor glitch.

Silhouette 11y ago
But this isn't a minor glitch. Even if it is possible to reliably reverse the effects of unintentionally installing Windows 10, it is going to waste considerable time and resources for everyone who has to do it. In this case, it also seems generous to assume 100% reliable reversal will be possible without knowing the details of the mechanism used, given the subject we're discussing in the first place. Cries for blood and similar hyperbole are unlikely to be helpful in any case, but questioning the position of anyone who thought this was acceptable behaviour or who was responsible and signed off on the update seems fair, and so does expecting Microsoft to provide fair compensation if anyone really does get significantly messed around because of this action.
- TeMPOraL 11y ago
  > Cries for blood and similar hyperbole are unlikely to be helpful in any case, but questioning the position of anyone who thought this was acceptable behaviour or who was responsible and signed off on the update seems fair, and so does expecting Microsoft to provide fair compensation if anyone really does get significantly messed around because of this action. Both true, and yet still it doesn't mean you have to fire the poor guy if the mistake was honest, regardless of damage done. Hell, he'll probably be beating himself over it harder than you imagine if the consequences were big. Also, this: http://i.stack.imgur.com/eJy3b.jpg http://i.stack.imgur.com/eJy3b.jpg.
- Semiapies 11y ago
  Do you have any evidence to contradict the article's claim that the installer requires human intervention and doesn't work unattended? Because nothing that you're saying is relevant, given that point.
  - Silhouette 11y ago
    Because nothing that you're saying is relevant, given that point. I disagree. Would an average user, the kind of person who is going to trust updates from Microsoft and leave them on by default and therefore wind up installing in this case in the first place, necessarily realise the significance of one extra confirmation dialog? People are notoriously blind to such messages, so I'd want to see exactly what that extra human intervention involved before making any judgement here.
    - Semiapies 11y ago
      Is "an average user" going to have expensive ramifications from updating from 7 or 8 to 10?

Silhouette 11y ago

But this isn't a minor glitch. Even if it is possible to reliably reverse the effects of unintentionally installing Windows 10, it is going to waste considerable time and resources for everyone who has to do it. In this case, it also seems generous to assume 100% reliable reversal will be possible without knowing the details of the mechanism used, given the subject we're discussing in the first place. Cries for blood and similar hyperbole are unlikely to be helpful in any case, but questioning the position of anyone who thought this was acceptable behaviour or who was responsible and signed off on the update seems fair, and so does expecting Microsoft to provide fair compensation if anyone really does get significantly messed around because of this action.

TeMPOraL 11y ago
> Cries for blood and similar hyperbole are unlikely to be helpful in any case, but questioning the position of anyone who thought this was acceptable behaviour or who was responsible and signed off on the update seems fair, and so does expecting Microsoft to provide fair compensation if anyone really does get significantly messed around because of this action. Both true, and yet still it doesn't mean you have to fire the poor guy if the mistake was honest, regardless of damage done. Hell, he'll probably be beating himself over it harder than you imagine if the consequences were big. Also, this: http://i.stack.imgur.com/eJy3b.jpg http://i.stack.imgur.com/eJy3b.jpg.
Semiapies 11y ago
Do you have any evidence to contradict the article's claim that the installer requires human intervention and doesn't work unattended? Because nothing that you're saying is relevant, given that point.
- Silhouette 11y ago
  Because nothing that you're saying is relevant, given that point. I disagree. Would an average user, the kind of person who is going to trust updates from Microsoft and leave them on by default and therefore wind up installing in this case in the first place, necessarily realise the significance of one extra confirmation dialog? People are notoriously blind to such messages, so I'd want to see exactly what that extra human intervention involved before making any judgement here.
  - Semiapies 11y ago
    Is "an average user" going to have expensive ramifications from updating from 7 or 8 to 10?