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60% Of Windows Vista Code To Be Rewritten

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the do-not-collect-two-hundred-dollars dept.

Alien54 writes "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, according to this report. In an effort to meet a deadline of the 2007 CES show in Las Vegas Microsoft has pulled programmers from the highly succesful Xbox team to help resolve many problems associated with entertainment and media centre functionality inside the OS. Much more at the link."

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  1. slashdot: by skydude_20 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    ..if it's not a google story, it must be a microsoft story.

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  2. The downward slide picks up speed... by flapdoddle · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Of course, Microsoft has been sliding downhill since Windows 98 Second Edition!

  3. Follow Apple! Dump your OS and adopt Unix variant by ylikone · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Really, if Microsoft is finding that they need to re-do 60% of their code, why not just dump the system and move to a Unix variant... Linux anyone? Just make a compatible "Windows" interface for Xorg. Just like Apple did with OSX on BSD.

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