Sat, 02 Mar 2002 23:24:39 GMT

by Charles Miller on March 3, 2002

XP update to go beyond mere fixes. Along with squashing bugs, as service packs normally do, Microsoft's first major update to Windows XP will add support for Tablet PCs and a fancier graphical interface. [CNET News.com]

This is just plain wrong. You either fix bugs, or you add new features. Adding new features means adding new bugs. Providing someone no option but to get the features (and new bugs) with the bugfixes is wrong.

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