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Why are these reports always from "leaked" versions? MS publishes new builds like biweekly through MSDN. Is it only "clikbait"? Because I'm sure the writers did

by rplnt 12y ago

Why are these reports always from "leaked" versions? MS publishes new builds like biweekly through MSDN. Is it only "clikbait"? Because I'm sure the writers didn't find how updates (or anything) work, rather someone who has legit access to those builds.

asyncwords 12y ago
> MS publishes new builds like biweekly through MSDN. While this is supposed to be true, there hasn't been a new public build in 50-something days. Most of the new information is coming from leaked internal builds.
- Alupis 12y ago
  "leaked"...? ... as-in posted by some Microsoft Employee under direction of Microsoft Management in a "we don't want to write-up a change doc or support info, nor answer questions about this build, and/or test the waters for a possibly controversial feature without officially claiming the build." "Leaked", in the same sense as anonymous Government Officials "leak" important news to the press to test waters before the administration officially backs an issue, or big manufacturers "leak" pictures of new products to the press to create buzz before they do an unveiling... one would think the world was made of holes. Why do we call all these things "leaks" when they so-definitely are not. They are "clickbait", plain and simple.
  - joshuapants 12y ago
    Without evidence to suggest that is the case, it's probably best not to make wild claims.
  - rplnt 12y ago
    They have proper release notes of course. Maybe talking about a feature violates some NDA, I'm not sure, but they are not leaked in the sense that the build itself leaked from Microsoft.
- rplnt 12y ago
  You mean public previews, which are meant for end users and press, but the development builds are being released much more often. Latest is less than a week old.
sp332 12y ago
It's from Build 10036, and this feature is not present in any MSDN builds.
- rplnt 12y ago
  And 10041 is out... they are available through EEAP.

by rplnt 12y ago

asyncwords 12y ago

> MS publishes new builds like biweekly through MSDN. While this is supposed to be true, there hasn't been a new public build in 50-something days. Most of the new information is coming from leaked internal builds.

Alupis 12y ago
"leaked"...? ... as-in posted by some Microsoft Employee under direction of Microsoft Management in a "we don't want to write-up a change doc or support info, nor answer questions about this build, and/or test the waters for a possibly controversial feature without officially claiming the build." "Leaked", in the same sense as anonymous Government Officials "leak" important news to the press to test waters before the administration officially backs an issue, or big manufacturers "leak" pictures of new products to the press to create buzz before they do an unveiling... one would think the world was made of holes. Why do we call all these things "leaks" when they so-definitely are not. They are "clickbait", plain and simple.
- joshuapants 12y ago
  Without evidence to suggest that is the case, it's probably best not to make wild claims.
- rplnt 12y ago
  They have proper release notes of course. Maybe talking about a feature violates some NDA, I'm not sure, but they are not leaked in the sense that the build itself leaked from Microsoft.
rplnt 12y ago
You mean public previews, which are meant for end users and press, but the development builds are being released much more often. Latest is less than a week old.

sp332 12y ago

It's from Build 10036, and this feature is not present in any MSDN builds.

rplnt 12y ago
And 10041 is out... they are available through EEAP.