Re: In the old days
>>"Once upon a time, software updates were viewed with excitement as to what new features might be available."
That's because "feature" updates were typically known as whole new new operating systems. New look (usually), new features, retired features, plus an expectation that the odd app here and there that worked with the old OS wouldn't necessarily work with the new one due to the OS changes. Even Service Packs for old OS's were usually nothing more than a roll up of security/quality fixes with maybe a bit of additional new hardware support added on - XP SP2 being of course a big exception as it added Security Centre, Windows Firewall and the likes.
Now though, MS are in this weird mess of having incremental feature updates to what is supposedly one OS. No matter how many updates are released, it's still branded as Windows 10. Result, a lot more annoyance when updates seem to change very little on the face of things, but still end up breaking certain programs and features. That and of course they're every 6 months instead of every 3 years, so it seems to be a constant battle of moving goal posts, instead of one big round of testing and certification every few years.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
