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I can understand that for many Mac OS users it's hard to understand Windows. When your OS vendor is requiring you to rewrite parts of your applications each yea
by foepys 7y ago
I can understand that for many Mac OS users it's hard to understand Windows. When your OS vendor is requiring you to rewrite parts of your applications each year because of changing APIs it's impossible to imagine a world where applications from 1995 are still running on operating systems from 2019. Same.with security updates for only 3 years where Windows gives you over a decade time to upgrade.
But when you are a manufacturing company and just need to get your product out, you don't care about your software. You want it running for as cheap as possible. That's where Windows shines. Mac OS is explicitly unfit here. Same with the hip technologies like nodejs that require constant attention.
Everybody gives Microsoft shit for moving slow but when was the last time you had to proof that your patch doesn't break compatibility with 20 year old software that you can't even get anywhere anymore?
- iaml 7y agoDidn't microsoft ditch QA and make several broken patches recently? I was under impression testing new update rollout on your devices is still local admin responsibility and can break things. How is it different that staggered rollout of any other os update?
- AnIdiotOnTheNet 7y agoYeah, they've completely borked the Desktop side of things, it's true. However the server side is much more conservative.
- t0astbread 7y agoSo, like OP said, legacy software that no one wants to maintain?
- paxys 7y agoThe comparison here is Linux, not macOS.