There's no "rewrite" of Windows. You have to consider that Windows is an *enormous* codebase that likely could not be rewritten in three years, nor would I want it to be rewritten.
This code, as much as it is maligned, has been tested for years by the general public and most of the serious bugs are fixed. With time, this OS has become incredibly secure and robust. It does not mean that it's perfect - there are too many non-MS applications running out there for people to stop hating MS. >"All I'm concerned about is more stability at the OS level, and less >opportunity for malware infections." > >In the back of my mind, the thought came across that this might be the >reason for the rewrite (if it happens). > > > >"You are correct but a lot of developers are worried that their present >skills in .NET/WPF/Silverlight will be wasted if Win8 does not support those >technologies - but it will." > >Tied into the post from Vivec, on the security front, many hackers will also >lose their skill set. > > >J > >- > >Ninety percent of politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation. - >Henry Kissinger > >Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the tunnel, go >out and buy some more tunnel. - John Quinton ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:338878 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
