__/ [ John Locke ] on Saturday 14 April 2007 05:58 \__
>>Nothing other than a total rewrite / redesign will fix Windows'
>>problems IMHO. If Microsoft were to open-source it the only benefit to
>>SW developers would be to see how not to write an OS.
>
> You are dead right on that. There have been radical kernel
> modifications in order to accommodate AACS architecture.
> It would be a difficult and tedious rewrite.
>
> ...and of course, pulling out the DRM code would mean that users
> wouldn't be able to play certain types of media such as Hi-Def because
> the system would be unable to decrypt the media....so there would be a
> big hastle with content providers.
>
> ...and then there's the sheer size of this monster...50 million lines
> of code. You would need an army of developers untangle that
> mess.
Two words:
Arrogance & Stupidity
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