__/ [ thad05@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ] on Wednesday 16 May 2007 20:11 \__
> Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> Who? Vista? Longhorn? It's already done. All the major features have been
>> castrated because the code is akin to lego bricks that can barely even
>> stand a patch without breaking something. When a company is unable to
>> patch software properly, would you expect a radical redesign or inclusing
>> of new innovative features?
>>
>> "Shipping is a feature, too", says Microsoft.
>
> Actually, I think lego bricks better describes Linux in that it is very
> modular and easily customized. Windows, in contrast, seems to be made
> from a variety of ill-fitting pieces that are super-glued together. Try
> to make any major changes, and you end up breaking the entire mess.
Yeah,I sort of knew the lego analogy was assiated with Linux, but I wrote
this quickly. :-)
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