__/ [ p5000011 ] on Monday 07 May 2007 16:48 \__
> On Mon, 07 May 2007 08:00:04 -0700, nessuno@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
>>>
>>> More than half of Microsoft Vista needs re-writing
>>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>> | "Up to 60% of the code in the new consumer version of Microsoft
>>> | new Vista operating system is set to be rewritten as the Company
>>> | 'scrambles' to fix internal problems a Microsoft insider has
>>> | confirmed to SHN... Microsoft has also admitted that it has major
>>> | problems in it's Windows division and has has immediately
>>> | initiated a total restructure of the division..."
>>> `----
>>>
>>> http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=30516
>>>
>>> Software Notebook: Microsoft's cash pile isn't what it used to be
>>
>> I thought they already did a 60% code rewrite. It needs another one
>> already?
>
> Wasn't it Alchin that said Windows needed a 60% rewrite? Wasn't
> Vista's delay blamed by some troll that Microsoft had to divert
> resources from Longhorn / Vista to get XP SP2 out the door? I do not
> believe Microsoft have had time to do a 60% rewrite and hence why
> Vista is so buggy.
>
>> Why is it that Linux never needs a 60% code rewrite? The Linux team
>> must be doing something wrong.
>
> Part of the Windows 60% rewrite would clearly be major design changes.
> Microsoft don't have time. I think it is even too late for them to do
> an Apple and base Windows on a BSD flavour.
Too late? Not necessarily. They will still have some market share left by the
time they finish. However, choosing to take this route would be a public
admission of failure, an admission that UNIX-type systems are inherently
better, and many Windows applications may no longer work. That said, Vista
has already kicked many legacy applications (particularly third-party
applications) to the curb.
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