"There's no 'rewrite' of Windows." I'll agree. There is probably not a rewrite.
"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." Right. That was the point of the article. A lot of developers are a little squeamish over the mention of a rewrite. "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." Hmm. That's a bold statement. I use a windows PC everyday and have for years and I wouldn't make a statement like that. I will say that a lot of problems with Windows are hardware based (at least in my experience). "It does not mean that it's perfect - there are too many non-MS applications running out there for people to stop hating MS." It is what it is. We'll see where it goes. Macs dominate the high end pc sales now. Budgets are shrinking so open source platforms are becoming even more popular (a big billboard on the way to work has an add that says "Know Linux, Get a Job. Call . . ."). It is hard for me to imagine MS dominating the operating system market like it has for the last 30 years. 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:338892 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
