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Are software upgrades going to be standardized practices?
As the Microsoft ripple starts to expand, we notice that Sony's Playstation is getting on the "upgrade" bandwagon. As the Register reports, Sony's PSX software was downgraded prior to a christmas release. While good for sony, their users are feeling the wrath of subpar software. For example, the ability to comply with MP3 standards and TIFF imagery will finally be available in the next month. However, if you wanted to play digital music before then...well, you couldn't. What's disturbing even more is the "bandaid" effect - creating software patches to patch their other software patches.
Currently, Microsoft's patches for XP is over 20 for a new installed system. Will Sony's PSX follow the same fate? Time will tell, but one thing is for sure for all companies: make products that have been tested thouroughly! The more that is completed at the start, the less programming bandaids needed later.
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