> After Vista, Windows 7 seemed to clean things up a bit before they got even worse, with Windows 8 just being an absolutely definitive statement that Microsoft

> After Vista, Windows 7 seemed to clean things up a bit before they got even worse, with Windows 8 just being an absolutely definitive statement that Microsoft did not know what Windows was or where to take it - I mean for goodness sake - removing access to control panel? Crazy. > The latest versions of Windows are better but no-one has had the courage to do what Windows really needs which is to get rid of the registry - that chewing-gum-in-the-hair-mixed-with-spaghetti central configuration settings black hole. The registry is exhibit A in the case for Windows being essentially a legacy OS at this point. Microsoft no longer seems to have the incentives, or, after the Vista disaster, the political will to make big architectural changes to fix basic problems of Windows: the configuration mess, the gaggle of different poor package management systems that PS PackageManagement is papering over, the muddle of logging, etc. Windows 10 also looks like Microsoft accepting a strategy of slow incremental improvements, or no improvements at all.