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Fresh Air For Windows?

Posted by timothy on from the reinvention dept.

jmcbain writes "The NY Times has an opinion piece on how the next Windows could be designed (even through Microsoft has already laid plans for Windows 7). The author suggests 'A monolithic operating system like Windows perpetuates an obsolete design. We don't need to load up our machines with bloated layers we won't use.' He also brings up the example of Apple breaking ties with its legacy OS when OS X was built. Can Windows move forward with a completely new, fast, and secure OS and still keep legacy application support?"

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  1. Question by Foamy · · Score: 0, Redundant

    "Can Windows move forward with a completely new, fast, and secure OS and still keep legacy application support?"

    Answer: No.

    Next question.

  2. Re:Short answer: no by damburger · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Seeing as nobody is going to do a fucking control study about a Slashdot thread, your comment is less than worthless.

    Of course I am giving an anecdote. Nothing else is appropriate in this context. All I can do is recount an experience, and if that annoys you then I really don't give a shit.

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    If we can put a man on the moon, why can't we shoot people for Apollo-related non-sequiturs?