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Re:Satya Nadella – Microsoft's CEO by code_duck on Wednesday February 05, 2014 @02:14AM (#7182368)
Sure, Windows is more than a kernel. I imagine the NT kernel vs the Linux kernel would be roughly comparable. But to compare 'Linux' the OS to Windows would mean Windows vs. GNU/Linux/X.org/Gnome/KDE... or say, the source for every package in the base Debian distribution.
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Re:Satya Nadella – Microsoft's CEO by InclinedPlane on Wednesday February 05, 2014 @03:20AM (#7182556)
Exactly. Now imagine that every part of it was just as bloated and convoluted as you'd imagine.
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Re:Satya Nadella – Microsoft's CEO by oblio on Wednesday February 05, 2014 @03:28PM (#7186563)
I doubt that Windows is monolithic/bloated. Convoluted sure, backwards compatibility is a bitch, but Windows is probably broken into neat little modules by now.
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