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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. Re:Not gonna work / we already have it by morgan_greywolf · · Score: 1, Troll

    Configuring Ubuntu still basically requires significant command line work.

    Nonsense. Yes, I have systems that have required a lot of command-line work, but then again, I have a custom-created LDAP directory server complete with roaming profile support that "JUst WOrks" with Windows and Linux clients, a custom Intranet with a web portal, web-based e-mail and calendaring, Kerberos for security, complete with single sign on support, etc.

    IF I just wanted a basic desktop, I can (and have) just ran the install and everything Just Works.

    Stop spreading FUD.

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