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username_1@programming.dev ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

to start from scratch

Miscrosoft is actively dismissing programmers. They might still have an ability to pile up some shit on the top of the codehill, but not to write new code.

to ensure compatibility with old software

This is important. This is the only reason why Windows still exists. If it would stop running old software there wouldn’t be any reason to stay on Windows. Because Linux/Wine in many cases can already do it.

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Quicky@piefed.social ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

This is important. This is the only reason why Windows still exists. If it would stop running old software there wouldn’t be any reason to stay on Windows. Because Linux/Wine in many cases can already do it.

I guess that’s exactly why I’m asking. Linux doesn’t have the same bloat. So why couldn’t Microsoft maintain compatibility with the old software via their old operating systems (and continued security updates), but streamline their new operating systems which clearly have specific hardware requirements. Wouldn’t that make them more competitive with respect to Linux?

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- bufalo1973@piefed.social ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  The worst part is MS knew how to do it. They could encapsulate all the legacy code and only load it when needed. But it seem they forgot how to do it again 🤷‍♂️
  
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  - Quicky@piefed.social ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    I think that’s what I find weird. Like, the capacity is there. Something like the Xbox has underlying Windows components, and supposedly they make an effort to strip out redundancies for things like those ROG handhelds. So they’re already doing it to some extent.
    
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