Summary: <p>Breaksclusive: The Windows 10 1809 rollout is officially a disaster.</p><ul> <li>After rushing Win 10 1809 to the finish line (without a Release Preview), MS starts rolling it out on October 2. Users start reporting their files, photos and other data being deleted.</li> <li>On October 5, Microsoft pulls 1809 (and Win Server 2019). Some users installed it successfully; some didn't.</li> <li>On October 9, Microsoft releases a refreshed Redstone 5 test build to Insiders in Slow, Preview rings with the data loss fix.</li> <li>On October 9, Microsoft also releases a Cumulative Update for 1809 to those who successfully installed it, which also has the data loss fix.</li> <li>Microsoft published a post-mortem claiming a tiny number were affected, but they're adding a "severity indicator" to Feedback.</li> <li>What do we propose the Windows team do now to fix WaaS? Let home users defer updates? Refocus on fundamentals? Slow the update pace? All of the above?</li> </ul><p>In Other News</p><ul> <li>Expanding on last week's discussion, can Google + Microsoft finally happen with Terry Myerson gone?</li> <li>Project xCloud game streaming testing to begin in 2019</li> <li>Microsoft is hiring former Qualcomm engineers to its quantum-computing team</li> <li>Microsoft joins OIN and offers 60K of its patents to other members royalty-free. Important note: Microsoft has 90K patents. This deal doesn't include Windows code, for example.</li> <li>Related: Microsoft joins LOT Network and makes its patents available to members to fight trolls.</li> <li>Intel releases first 9th-generation Core processors. This time they're focusing on where the money is.</li> <li>Google has its own hardware event. And this time they're adding design to AI + software + hardware.</li> </ul><p>Tips and picks</p><ul> <li>Tip of the week: History in an Hour</li> <li>App pick of the week: Sticky notes for mobile ... sort of</li> <li>Enterprise pick of the week: Microsoft Learn: Self-paced free training for a variety of MS products</li> <li>Buzzword pick of the week: "Partner"</li> <li>Beer pick of the week: Threes Instant Gratification</li> </ul><p><br>Announcements</p><ul><li>Next week: Paul and MJF will be keynoting the Microwarehouse Cloud Camp in Dublin. We will be doing Windows Weekly live from Dublin, too, at our same bat time and schedule. So 2 p.m ET next week, tune in and we'll be speaking Gaelic. (We'll be doing a meetup too after the show. Details to come!) </li></ul> <p><strong>Hosts:</strong> <a href="https://twit.tv/people/leo-laporte">Leo Laporte</a>, <a href="https://twit.tv/people/mary-jo-foley">Mary Jo Foley</a>, and <a href="https://twit.tv/people/paul-thurrott">Paul Thurrott</a></p> <p>Download or subscribe to this show at <a href="https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly">https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly</a></p> <p>Check out Paul's blog at <a href="https://www.thurrott.com/" target="_blank">thurrott.com</a></p> <p>Check out Mary Jo's blog at <a href="http://allaboutmicrosoft.com/" target="_blank">AllAboutMicrosoft.com</a></p> <p>The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of <a href="https://twitter.com/carlfranklin" target="_blank">Carl Franklin</a>.</p> <p><strong>Sponsors:</strong></p><ul> <li><a href="http://Prilock.com/twit">Prilock.com/twit promo code LEO</a></li> <li><a href="http://LastPass.com/twit">LastPass.com/twit</a></li> <li><a href="http://SlideBelts.com/TWIT">SlideBelts.com/TWIT code: TWIT</a></li> </ul>
