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Originally posted by blade
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Originally posted by fluffy_lobster
Making more programs for an OS doesn't make the OS less stable unless you install them all or something...
However, making an OS so that it can support a greater variety of things does make it unstable, because not only do you complicate things by having different bits coded to add support for this or that, but you have to ensure that they all agree with each other. This is the problem with Windows, to be honest... because it is trying to gain the monopoly as an operating system, it tries as much as possible to support past, present and future programs and processes, sacrificing stability. My long-term prediction is that as OSes get more advanced, the rate of development will slow down. Eventually, only a minority will use an OS older than the latest one because of its longevity... the OS developers will then be able to phase out cross-compatibility for further speed and stability. It could be ages before this happens though
Exactly.....imho I think that we should start over....it could takes many years but it would be worth it...re-code almost all of the older programs into current compatibility and change the way the OS works, causing a far greater stability and a higher security level, though this will likely never happen...
the fact is Windows will never be Stable. how often is there a patch released for internet explorer or any other windows related program, Linux is more stable than windows, if windows were to be more stable an "secure" than linux would is stave Ballmer an Bill gates worried about Linux, by the time Gnome2.8 comes out it'll already have a storage system in it like WinFS. i use Fedora Cure 2 aka redhat, i been using linux since 2000,
