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Some tech at Microsoft chose the wrong server to host a download, therefore Microsoft's corporate strategy with respect to the Web is "clueless"? Hard to argue
by Niten 18y ago
Some tech at Microsoft chose the wrong server to host a download, therefore Microsoft's corporate strategy with respect to the Web is "clueless"?
Hard to argue with that kind of logic.
- jws 18y agoI don't think it is a good indicator of corporate strategy, but is deeper than just a bad web server. I tried to get it so I could have a Windows machine for IE testing. 1) It required me to log in with my Microsoft Id. I didn't have one. No link or hint for how to create an account. 2) I clicked about a bit and found where to create an account. The SSL certificate was flagged as signed by an unrecognized authority. It was still a microsoft machine and I had come in from a trusted path, so I accepted it anyway. 3) This new account sent me an email to validate, but allowed me to log in and proceed BEFORE the validation was sent. Probably an abuse vector there. 4) I then get a page with a little green "loading" indicator spinning about. After staring at that for an hour I checked the javascript log and the javascript had blown up on load and left the animated gif misleading me that progress was happening. Don't be updating the loading user feedback device if you aren't loading. That is called lying. 5) Tried a couple more browsers, no better results. Eventually it degraded to 404s and then a "Coming Soon" page. There are numerous warts on a rollout that is, at least partially, intended to change the media dialog from the negative tone of Vista to a "now things are good" message of Windows 7.
- somnambulist 18y agoYesterday I too tried to download the new version of windows life; but after 33%, it would not download any further :(