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He made a decision and assumed when making future NT versions this would be revised and updated with the times. I can only image that future teams looked at thi
by rlv-dan 6y ago
He made a decision and assumed when making future NT versions this would be revised and updated with the times. I can only image that future teams looked at this and thought "someone chose 32GB for a reason, better not change it"...
- Zardoz84 6y agoWell, Windows 95/98/ME, 2000 and XP shared the same old font installer that Windows 3.11 . I wonder why no body changed it before.
- macjohnmcc 6y agoLikely if it ain't broke don't fix it.
- Delk 6y agoMaybe, but it could also be about just not getting around to doing it. Changes, especially in a large system with a large user base, require extensive testing, and even small changes may come with a lot of red tape. I don't know how things work at Microsoft, but I wouldn't be surprised if making changes to the UI for a technology that's being superseded anyway just didn't make anybody's list.
- TwoNineFive 6y agoIn other words, he failed to comment his code adequately.