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All of this could've been added to XP, right?
by queuebert 2y ago
All of this could've been added to XP, right?
- recursive 2y agoI don't know. If it could, Then XP would just be Windows 11. What's the objection here.
- queuebert 2y agoSimple patches/upgrades vs tricking people into thinking you've made a whole new piece of software. Linux, BSD, and Apple roll out OS upgrades with new functionality without charging for the new versions.
- recursive 2y agoThat's one perspective I suppose. I have a MacBook on my desk at work solely for testing in Safari. I can no longer use it for that purpose because it won't even let me upgrade the OS. That sounds like a whole new piece of software to me. Windows actually has been substantially re-written. I guess MacOS has also? It seems more honest to me call it a different product. Not that I strongly care much one way or another.
- psd1 2y agoLonghorn was a significant rewrite, actually. The two big upheavals in windows history were: 2000, which essentially scrapped the 95 lineage in favour of NT; and Vista, which kicked a lot of 3rd-party crap out of the kernel and added a quality gate for drivers.
- School-Cotton 2y agoThe Win95 lineage still existed, in the form of Windows ME, alongside 2000. XP is when they got rid of it and unified the two product lines.