For me, "acceptable" implies full control over updates, among other things. In that regard Windows only got worse.
Their system's update behaviour would only be justified if the updates were absolutely perfect on all devices. They aren't, not even on their own Surface hardware.
And after one of the updates started without even giving me time to close files and then proceeded to completely wipe my system drive I can't see me using Windows ever again unless drastic changes are made.
I fail to see the supposed "quality of a sustained commercial endeavor" here.
An update wiped out your system drive? Sounds very unlikely. There are millions of Windows 10 PCs if something like that happened it would be major news.
That's terrible, I thought that Microsoft had a somewhat better QA program. Though to be fair that is not what i would call wiping out the system drive, because you are still able to boot into Windows and similar things do happen on other operating systems.
> I thought that Microsoft had a somewhat better QA program.
They did. In 2014, they eliminated their extensive and effective separate testing positions as part of a large layoff/restructuring. Supposedly, testing was going to be consolidated in engineering, and not eliminated, but the proof is in the pudding: Windows releases since then have had big problems that feel like they should have been caught and fixed before release.
It literally happens all the damn time, and it does make the news. Microsoft has had to recall several update roll outs on Windows 10 because they can't seem to make them stop breaking shit.
It was news, 3 years ago.
They also had problems of updates causing boot loops which one time affected some of their own Surface Pro line. Some Windows 10 updates were delayed for months because they crashed computers and destroyed installations.
But it doesn't make the computer literally explode so nobody cares if some random users have to pay a repair shop to restore files and get it running again.
And after one of the updates started without even giving me time to close files and then proceeded to completely wipe my system drive I can't see me using Windows ever again unless drastic changes are made.
I fail to see the supposed "quality of a sustained commercial endeavor" here.