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Where did you expect them to start from? Build the kernel from scratch? That actually wouldn't be a bad idea. As someone pointed out, I also feel that filesyst
by fbnt 15y ago
Where did you expect them to start from? Build the kernel from scratch?
That actually wouldn't be a bad idea. As someone pointed out, I also feel that filesystem hierarchy, window frames and the desktop metaphor is now outdated and overly stretched. Imho, they would be better come out with a whole new OS with no backwards compatibility, while keeping developing windows for the time necessary (10-15 years) to allow most of its users and software a 'transition' to the new system.
If they don't do it, someone else will do.
- leif 15y agoThat's not how their market works. They need to keep enterprise (which requires backwards compatibility) and consumer unified if they want to throw their weight around the way they need to (particularly with hardware vendors). This may not be the right strategy, but it is theirs and I see that as much more entrenched than even the most legacy features windows.