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Microsoft Upgrades Vista Kernel in SP1
KrispySausage writes "One of the big features discussed in early speculation of Windows Vista SP1 was the kernel upgrade, which was supposed to bring the operating system into line with the Longhorn kernel used in Windows Server 2008. With Vista SP1 going RTM, there hasn't been so much as a peep from Microsoft about the mooted kernel update. Has it happened? Well the answer is yes it has. Presumably the main reason for Microsoft's silence on the subject is that as they're keen to promote the improvements and enhancements to Vista, rather than placing emphasis on a kernel upgrade, which some people might see as a risk of newly-introduced instability."
My beef is not with the market performance but the physical performance compared to XP. And even quoting Bott's highly controversial claims doesn't make the DRM FUD; it's there, and it does use cycles, and would be detrimental for a server kernel if it is using system resources uselessly.
I'm aging rapidly, I bought a new game and had no idea if my machine was good for it.
I just provided a new exit() function and changed the library search path to find my library first. Your machine is pwned.
oh boo-hoo!
a company which makes 20 billion profit a year with 100000 employees cannot make a stable operating system, where as a couple of guys in their mother's basement (linux programmers) can.
forgive my incredulity here.
That skipped 2 versions (depending on upgrade path).
Me and 2000. Though I hesitate to call LoseMe an OS. Win2K on the other hand was (and still is) very good. I'm still running 2KPro on my home box.
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