@[email protected] to Programmer [email protected] • 2 months agoIn case you've ever wondered why the Windows control panel was so awful...lemmy.worldimagemessage-square23fedilinkarrow-up1126arrow-down16cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1120arrow-down1imageIn case you've ever wondered why the Windows control panel was so awful...lemmy.world@[email protected] to Programmer [email protected] • 2 months agomessage-square23fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish7•2 months agoHonestly, it seems like it would be easier to contribute Dev time to WINE and just start all over with a new incompatible version of Windows.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink8•2 months agoWindows/Microsoft’s biggest selling point is the backwards compatibility though. It has been the corner stone of their software development.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink6•2 months agoThe point being you build something new and run the crusty compatible stuff in a sort of “virtual machine”.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•2 months agoRight. Just make a super super good compatibility layer so whatever you have next will be compatible and give up on Windows proper. They can call it Windows 360.
Honestly, it seems like it would be easier to contribute Dev time to WINE and just start all over with a new incompatible version of Windows.
Windows/Microsoft’s biggest selling point is the backwards compatibility though. It has been the corner stone of their software development.
The point being you build something new and run the crusty compatible stuff in a sort of “virtual machine”.
Right. Just make a super super good compatibility layer so whatever you have next will be compatible and give up on Windows proper. They can call it Windows 360.