Windows needs a new approach
There is no doubt that the Windows operating system is much too bloated. Microsoft’s propensity to bundle everything under the sun with the operating system, its desire for backward compatibility, and its paranoia about piracy has led to a Vista system that even Microsoft fanboys are complaining about. The New York Times Sunday business section has an article Windows Could Use a Rush of Fresh Air. It begins:
MICROSOFT Windows has put on a lot of weight over the years.
Beginning as a thin veneer for older software code, it has become an obese monolith built on an ancient frame. Adding features, plugging security holes, fixing bugs, fixing the fixes that never worked properly, all while maintaining compatibility with older software and hardware — is there anything Windows doesn’t try to do?
The article goes on:
The best solution to the multiple woes of Windows is starting over. Completely. Now.
Even Microsoft may be catching on that Windows has become so unwieldy that something new is needed. Mary Jo Foley speculates about a possible new operating system called “Midori”:
When and how Microsoft will roll out Midori is still a mystery. But it sounds like the company thinks the project is serious enough to dedicate a considerable amount of time/people/resources to it
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