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August 27, 2004
Why I Hate Microsoft
I am testing a product that our company might use and resell to our clients.
It uses MS SQLServer. I downloaded the evaluation of SQLServer from Microsoft, and now I am trying to figure out what version of Service Pack 3 I need to install - aieeeeee!!!!
Microsoft says:
Users who have an existing instance of MSDE 2000 must know how their instance of MSDE 2000 was installed to know how to update it. In particular, you must know the original package name for your instance of MSDE 2000. To determine the original package name, see the article How To Identify Which MSI File Was Used for an Existing MSDE Installation in the Microsoft Knowledge Base.
I followed their directions and I cannot find it anywhere. This is so typically Microsoft!!!
Posted by Beth at August 27, 2004 10:59 AM
Comments
Astounding. I'm reading yet my brain isn't decoding it... Hmmm... Must not be in English... ;)
Posted by: pam at August 27, 2004 1:43 PM
For Microsoft documentation is little more than an item on a product plan. "Produce documentation". Check. It doesn't have to actually document the product or be good for anything.
In fairness Microsoft is not alone today in this failing.
Posted by: Dave Schuler at August 27, 2004 2:03 PM
The words "Microsoft" and "documentation" are mutually exclusive.
Posted by: Teresa at August 27, 2004 2:30 PM