Yes. I got your meaning before. I was imagining what if that had actually been said about Vista.
You may be happy. Up to you, whatever (I'm not going to debate Vista anymore). But the vast majority of the power users is not.
Originally Posted by brewbuck:
Reimplementing a large system in another language to get a 25% performance boost is nonsense. It would be cheaper to just get a computer which is 25% faster.
It turned into a Vista talk because Microsoft has its share of responsibility, wether you like it or not, when it certifies a driver that doesn't work or has serious bugs that BSOD or otherwise kill the OS.
Originally Posted by brewbuck:
Reimplementing a large system in another language to get a 25% performance boost is nonsense. It would be cheaper to just get a computer which is 25% faster.
Sorry, this statement is just ignorant. The move from DOS to Win95 brought with it an architecture move. A move from 16 bits to 32 bits. A move from real mode to protected mode. Oh, and a move from taking over the graphics card for yourself to sharing it with everything else. (But this was already present in Win16 apps, so it doesn't really count.)As for your legacy software, as most DOS software broke on win95, some software break on Vista.
The move from XP to Vista involves ... involves ... uh ...
Well, there's the access rights thing. I suppose that's one compatibility problem.
All the buzzt!
CornedBee
"There is not now, nor has there ever been, nor will there ever be, any programming language in which it is the least bit difficult to write bad code."
- Flon's Law
All the buzzt!
CornedBee
"There is not now, nor has there ever been, nor will there ever be, any programming language in which it is the least bit difficult to write bad code."
- Flon's Law
Whoa, CornedBee! I didn't know of that. This looks like one gigantic shot on their foot. More like a cannon ball. I checked the slides as the information is said to be the current one.
I've been wondering since last summer if this isn't the time for me to move to linux once and for all. I mean, I'm no longer being pressed by career decisions, as I removed myself from that. Besides linux has become increasingly appealing over the years. It's more geekish too.
Won't leave windows though. I feel culturally attached to it. Been my life since DOS. But I've definitely been feeling more willing to move on and leave windows as a secondary OS.
Originally Posted by brewbuck:
Reimplementing a large system in another language to get a 25% performance boost is nonsense. It would be cheaper to just get a computer which is 25% faster.
Yes. But the primary reason I posted it was because of this statement:
The Final Thoughts part of the article leads me to disagree with this.Originally Posted by AloneInTheDark
All the buzzt!
CornedBee
"There is not now, nor has there ever been, nor will there ever be, any programming language in which it is the least bit difficult to write bad code."
- Flon's Law