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I really wish (hope) that Microsoft is working on a brand new OS with a VM like thing for running legacy stuff (like Apple did with OS9 to OSX) They really do
by greggman3 7y ago
I really wish (hope) that Microsoft is working on a brand new OS with a VM like thing for running legacy stuff (like Apple did with OS9 to OSX)
They really do need to start over from scratch, get rid of all the cruft, design the APIs not to suck, design in security, permissions, and sandboxing from the beginning. Make root kits and other spyware much harder. Get rid of installation scripts (more like iOS/Android/Some Mac app) and a million other things.
I don't hate windows but I hate that every app I install including every game on steam or the oculus store or humble bundle can basically own my machine.
- zvrba 7y ago> They really do need to start over from scratch, get rid of all the cruft, design the APIs not to suck, design in security, permissions, and sandboxing from the beginning. Security model is still better than what POSIX provides. As for sandboxing: "For systems running supported versions of Windows 10 a successful attack could only result in code execution within an AppContainer sandbox context with limited privileges and capabilities." From https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-us/security-guidance/advisory/adv200006#ID0EMGAC https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-us/security-guidance/ad...
- MikusR 7y agoWindows 10x is exactly that.
- jfkebwjsbx 7y agoThey don't need to get rid of anything, and in fact they cannot. People want their current stuff. What they can add is sandboxed apps with a virtual filesystem and whatnot. But they do not want to spend the manpower to do so, it seems.
- contextfree 7y agothese were/are basically the goals of UWP and Windows Core/10X