You know, maybe I'm missing something here, but it seems to me that if Microsoft were to stop concentrating on releasing a new (but not-so-new)OS every 2 years and just start from scratch, they, having a huge amount of manpower, and hopefully a large amount of intelligence, could conceivably build a great new OS. I just don't see why they waste their time with the classic re-hashing of their old systems. Sure, it doesn't matter to them because they will sell tons and tons of copies no matter what, but i can't quite understand why they don't seem to care, or, why they don't take more pride in the quality of their products. With the amount of resources that they have, I'm sure they could build a new OS that is still compatible with old Windows programs, but does not contain all of the bugs and memory leaks, etc.
A friend of mine and I are both considering getting something together after we both finish college. We haven't worked out a definitive plan - in fact, the only plan we have so far is to just work on little projects (but spend quality time on them) and give them to friends, upload them to anyone who will accept them, and try to get discovered. I realize this is not very organized, but we're hoping it will get us at least some exposure, condsidering neither of us have any business resources whatsoever.
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You know, maybe I'm missing something here, but it seems to me that if Microsoft were to stop concentrating on releasing a new (but not-so-new)OS every 2 years and just start from scratch, they, having a huge amount of manpower, and hopefully a large amount of intelligence, could conceivably build a great new OS. I just don't see why they waste their time with the classic re-hashing of their old systems. Sure, it doesn't matter to them because they will sell tons and tons of copies no matter what, but i can't quite understand why they don't seem to care, or, why they don't take more pride in the quality of their products. With the amount of resources that they have, I'm sure they could build a new OS that is still compatible with old Windows programs, but does not contain all of the bugs and memory leaks, etc.
A friend of mine and I are both considering getting something together after we both finish college. We haven't worked out a definitive plan - in fact, the only plan we have so far is to just work on little projects (but spend quality time on them) and give them to friends, upload them to anyone who will accept them, and try to get discovered. I realize this is not very organized, but we're hoping it will get us at least some exposure, condsidering neither of us have any business resources whatsoever.