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Chris

Posted on: 2008/4/16 16:50 #1

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http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/t ... nd_web/article3730534.ece

Edited by Chris on 2008/4/16 23:17:27

AJS

Re: Wndows is collapsing!

Posted on: 2008/4/16 18:30 #2

Not too shy to talk

@Chris

I like this piece in the text
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Microsoft's flagship product, which runs the vast majority of the world's PCs, has become so bulky and ill-equipped for the challenges of modern computing that it risks becoming obsolete
end quote

We could have told them years ago if they'd asked

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Antique

Re: Wndows is collapsing!

Posted on: 2008/4/16 20:44 #3

Home away from home

50 millions line of code.. No wonder that there are lots and lots of bugs

X5000

Raziel

Re: Wndows is collapsing!

Posted on: 2008/4/16 21:19 #4

Home away from home

@Antique

50 million to be exact

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Atheist

Re: Windows is collapsing!

Posted on: 2008/4/22 16:26 #5

Quite a regular

Hi Everyone,

Well, could you just imagine the amount of redundancy in there!?!

It would take a supercomputer (not using windross) to calculate that value!!!

Probably 30 to 45%. Actually higher, what IS 3 Gigs of SW doing????

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AmiGame

Re: Windows is collapsing!

Posted on: 2008/4/22 16:31 #6

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@Chris

After reading it... Look at the definition of a virus... There are SO many similarities !

Jerry

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_magic

Re: Wndows is collapsing!

Posted on: 2008/4/23 12:31 #7

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@Raziel

60 Million lines of code in vista actually:)

AmiGame

Re: Wndows is collapsing!

Posted on: 2008/4/24 18:50 #8

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@Antique

Does that include comment like the ones referred to in this link ?

Jerry

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AmiGame

Re: Wndows is collapsing!

Posted on: 2008/4/24 18:53 #9

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@magic

I bet is a close "clone" of the windows 2000 Source Code as below:
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/* Source Code Windows 2000 */

#include "win31.h"
#include "win95.h"
#include "win98.h"
#include "workst~1.h"
#include "evenmore.h"
#include "oldstuff.h"
#include "billrulz.h"
#include "monopoly.h"
#include "backdoor.h"
#define INSTALL = HARD

char make_prog_look_big(16000000);
void main()
{
while(!CRASHED)
{
display_copyright_message();
display_bill_rules_message();
do_nothing_loop();

if (first_time_installation)
{
make_100_megabyte_swapfile();
do_nothing_loop();
totally_screw_up_HPFS_file_system();
search_and_destroy_the_rest_of-OS2();
make_futile_attempt_to_damage_Linux();
disable_Netscape();
disable_RealPlayer();
disable_Lotus_Products();
hang_system();
} //if
write_something(anything);
display_copyright_message();
do_nothing_loop();
do_some_stuff();

if (still_not_crashed)
{
display_copyright_message();
do_nothing_loop();
basically_run_windows_31();
do_nothing_loop();
} // if
} //while

if (detect_cache())
disable_cache();

if (fast_cpu())
{
set_wait_states(lots);
set_mouse(speed,very_slow);
set_mouse(action,jumpy);
set_mouse(reaction,sometimes);
} //if

/* printf("Welcome to Windows 3.1"); */
/* printf("Welcome to Windows 3.11"); */
/* printf("Welcome to Windows 95"); */
/* printf("Welcome to Windows NT 3.0"); */
/* printf("Welcome to Windows 98"); */
/* printf("Welcome to Windows NT 4.0"); */
printf("Welcome to Windows 2000");

if (system_ok())
crash(to_dos_prompt)
else
system_memory = open("a:\swp0001.swp",O_CREATE);

while(something)
{
sleep(5);
get_user_input();
sleep(5);
act_on_user_input();
sleep(5);
} // while
create_general_protection_fault();

} // main

Sources

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