It's amusing to watch those two go at it, but the truth probably lies somewhere in between their two extreme positions. Is it a bad sign for Microsoft to be pa

It's amusing to watch those two go at it, but the truth probably lies somewhere in between their two extreme positions. Is it a bad sign for Microsoft to be patching Win8 in response to OEM and enterprise feedback now? No, probably not. Bott is right that this should be expected because of how MS's ecosystem is structured. However, there could be a whole new set of bugs and deficiencies uncovered by end-users in the weeks and months following Win8's release that could require more patches. I'm going to go out a limb and say that Win8 will require some pretty serious patches by January. I'm not saying this because I think MS is incompetent. I don't. I say this because W8 is ambitious. There's so much new stuff that some of it is bound to need fixing. Mountain Lion, on the other hand, was a relatively unambitious upgrade and it still needed extensive fixes. What does that say about Apple? Again, I don't think it says Apple is incompetent. It says this stuff is hard. New OS versions, even relatively unambitious ones, can cause growing pains. Win8 is not unambitious. There will be problems, and smart people will mellow out and give MS a chance to fix them.