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There was a very good post about that a few years ago. It probably doesn't explain this specific case, but it is a fascinating read nonetheless. >I Contribute
by swebs 8y ago
There was a very good post about that a few years ago. It probably doesn't explain this specific case, but it is a fascinating read nonetheless.
>I Contribute to the Windows Kernel. We Are Slower Than Other Operating Systems. Here Is Why
http://blog.zorinaq.com/i-contribute-to-the-windows-kernel-we-are-slower-than-other-oper/ http://blog.zorinaq.com/i-contribute-to-the-windows-kernel-w...
- the_grue 8y agoThanks, that's really interesting, even though the author toned much of his initial satire down in a later update.
- Someguywhatever 8y agoTheres also the burden on Microsoft that nothing can break. Meaning: anything that used to work before (in an earlier incarnation of Windows) must continue to work in later versions. I don't think Linux has this burden. They are more free to break stuff and so more free to innovate.
- the_grue 8y agoI'm quite sure Linux has the same burden. Here is what Linus Torvalds has to say: https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/12/23/75 https://lkml.org/lkml/2012/12/23/75
- coinerone 8y agoIn Linux Kernel development there is one realy important Rule: Don't break Userspace! Its like the Windows burden you mentioned, but much more reasonable imho.
- stefs 8y agocuriously, nowadays (i.e. the article/original comment is from 2013) some google employees voice similar criticism about their own engineering culture: building new things are rewarded, maintaining an old thing is not.
- rbanffy 8y agoThis deserves its own post.
- AtomicOrbital 8y agoit had one https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5688151 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5688151