> That's a nice thought but in practice it's infeasible to keep different branches for different UI/feature sets around in perpetuity.
They have been doing exactly that since Windows 98. Windows Update used to only auto install security/bug patches and features were optional installs.
Microsoft also has an entire line of POSReady/WEI that gets only critical security fixes with zero other changes. This version of Windows is what runs on ATMs and self checkout machines.
They have been doing exactly that since Windows 98. Windows Update used to only auto install security/bug patches and features were optional installs.
Microsoft also has an entire line of POSReady/WEI that gets only critical security fixes with zero other changes. This version of Windows is what runs on ATMs and self checkout machines.