I read a bit about the next version of Windows, which is coming in 2015 as Windows 10. I'm not sure how much I care about some of the changes coming in the OS, though having CTRL+V working in a command prompt is very welcome. However I did read this piece about the people testing the Technical Previews and was a little intrigued by one quote: "... Threshold testers ... will have those features and fixes pushed automatically to them..."

Does that mean that Microsoft has re-engineered Windows to be integrated with a Continuous Delivery process? If so, then I think this is a good move. We've already seen SQL Server move to a pace that releases new versions every two years and bimonthly patches to fix issues. Imagine that we could get patches even more often, as bugs are fixed.

Also imagine that we could get those bugs quickly rolled back and patches pulled if there are issues.

I think that's one of the interesting things for me. There have been patches in the past which caused, issues and were sometimes hard to remove. If new changes can be pushed out quickly, I'd hope they could be removed quickly. And with all the feedback that Microsoft gets from existing installations, I could even start to see custom patches built that are deployed to only certain configurations that are compatible with the patch.

Of course, that's an ideal view. I suspect that we'll still see overworked developers releasing patches that not only fix issues, but cause other problems, and at times, can't be removed. At least we'll probably get the patch to fix the patch, a little faster than in the past.