fireberd
I take the "CBB" status to be for business systems and not for individual users.
Take another look at the InfoWorld article. It's a matter of declaring the release "business ready". "CBB" stands for Current Branch for Business. Not a separate software release, but a status code.
So that does apply to individual users, who wish to wait for a release to be considered fully baked, before applying it to their own systems. Sort of testing by proxy. Not guaranteed, but a step in the right direction.
I too worked in IT, for over 30 years. Started life as a mainframe computer jockey, & have worn many hats since then. I'm well aware of change control issues.
According to the article:
You can read the
official definition on TechNet, but for individual patching purposes you only need to realize that Microsoft releases new versions for general consumption, and waits until the major problems are ironed out before it declares a particular version is fit for businesses -- which is to say, ready for the Current Branch for Business.
If you're hooked up to a corporate server that controls updates to your Win10 machine, chances are good that your admin holds off on updating your machine to a new version until it's anointed "Current Branch for Business."