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Article #622000Re: Has Microsoft commited suicide ...
From: JimP
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2018 20:26
Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2018 20:26
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On Tue, 24 Apr 2018 17:28:01 -0000 (UTC), John Levine <jo...@taugh.com> wrote: >In article <kj3tdd1kpvtqje471...@4ax.com>, >JimP <solo...@gmail.com> wrote: >>Several computer experts, that know of the inder workings of Windows >>than I do, told me the various upgrades of Windows are just patches >>that MS is selling as new versions'. > >I certainly hope so. Would you want them to rewrite and debug the >whole system from scratch? > >The last time the guts of Windows was rewritten was Windows XT which >replaced the ad-hoc code in 95/98/Me with the NT kernel. Why yes, we were taught at university to debug our software, unless we wanted to get fired. Someone in the back of the class, not me, said then MS needs to do that. All of us, including the professor, thought that was funny.
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