[Info-vax] Microsoft Clusters

[Simon Clubley]

It was recently pointed out that Microsoft has done some recent work
on clustering. It would be nice if you could trust the product's updates
to not suddenly break the product however:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/06/06/microsoft_ithinksi_its_fixed_windows_server_mess_its_last_fix_fixed/

My attention was especially drawn to the bit about how Microsoft are
asking their customers to tell them if the issues are now fixed. From
the article:

|Yes, we know that Windows Server is a very complex product that can be
|deployed on practically infinite combinations of hardware, with or without
|good drivers. But we also thought it's kind of the vendor's job to test its
|own fixes to make sure they fix things.

Quality is a state of mind not a marketing checklist.

Simon.

PS: The forum comments are not exactly supportive of Microsoft either.

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