Author: Christophe Theron
Date: 13:50:32 12/04/01
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On December 04, 2001 at 04:16:12, Tony Werten wrote:
>On December 03, 2001 at 13:27:28, Christophe Theron wrote:
>
>>On December 03, 2001 at 10:59:15, Roy Eassa wrote:
>>
>>>On December 03, 2001 at 02:28:25, Christophe Theron wrote:
>>>
>>>>"One" of main complain about Windows is that it tries to stuff as many things as
>>>>possible into my computer, to the extent that my computer becomes unusable and I
>>>>am forced to buy a new, faster, bigger one.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>I always wondered if Intel secretly paid Microsoft to do just that.
>>
>>
>>Until now, Microsoft did not have to be paid by somebody else to have a strong
>>motivation in hardware planned obsolescence.
>>
>>Microsoft Windows comes bundled with most PCs. In theory you can refuse to buy
>>Windows when you buy a PC in a supermarket for example, but consumer
>>associations have shown that it is difficult and that most people are forced to
>>pay for the Windows which is stuffed in their new PC.
>>
>>So from MS point of view, it is "one PC sold = one copy of Windows sold, so
>>let's make Windows bigger and slower next time so people are forced to buy a new
>>PC".
>
>Although I agree with most you say, this point is a bit backwards reasaning. I'm
>quite sure MS is not out on making things bigger and slower.
>
>They add stuff that less than 0.1% of all customers use, making windows
>completer for them, accepting that for 99.9% it just got bigger and slower.
It's more subtle than the way I put it, yes.
There doe not need to be an explicit will do make it bigger and slower.
There just need to be the lack of will to optimize it for both memory and speed.
Just pressure the programmers to add features in priority, and there will be no
time to optimize.
But the result is obvious year after year.
>If the next windows would have the build_kernel feature with the possibility to
>toss out everything you don't need I think they will be the leading company for
>many years more.
To lead the field you do not need to provide the best product, technically
speaking. That's the first lesson one should learn from 20+ years of
microcomputers history.
Anway, with 98lite I have a feature close to what you say above (removing the
unnecessary stuff). Unfortunately I'm not sure it will be possible with XP.
Christophe
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