Is it possible that Microsoft Windows is not a very good computer program

[lexfeathers@tenforward.social]

@mcc possibly

[snuffleupagus@mstdn.social]

@mcc yes

[a_mimi@kolektiva.social]

@hypostase @mcc

Reminder
Too big & too old to be a trustful thing:

1- The complexity of a program increases until it exceeds the capabilities of the teams responsible for its maintenance. (done since the beginning, a common thing with stolen stuffs)

2- A bug free program is an obsolete one.

- Murphy's Law -

[nerts@yiff.life]

@mcc big if true

[joshg@mathstodon.xyz]

@mcc

yes

[groxx@hachyderm.io]

@mcc I think it's spelled "copilot" these days

[lgs@friendsofdesoto.social]

@mcc This is not a question it is a statement. It also happens to be true.

[dukeduke@mastodon.social]

@mcc I'm going to go with, 'Yes'.

[guillotine_jones@beige.party]

@Tock @mcc
I, for, one hope that Microsoft is a relic of the psst by then.

[woltiv@mastodon.social]

@mcc Not just possible, but probable.

[honor2025@mastodon.social]

@mcc I moved both laptops to Linux mint Nov & Dec 2025.

[nlarson830@techhub.social]

@mcc

Indeed, but I think that was a while ago
It's worse now

[mahadevank@mastodon.social]

@mcc its been 25 years and files still get locked, forcing you to restart to release the lock, so you can delete or rename the file.

You decide.

[nommiesav@social.vivaldi.net]

@mcc hmmmm i think so…

[nommiesav@social.vivaldi.net]

@honor2025 @mcc oh distro twins (i switched jan 2026 tho)

[lumiworx@mastodon.social]

@mcc

If you give a room full of monkeys with typewriters 150k random DLLs, could they produce Windows 12 by accident?

[d1@autistics.life]

@mcc it's an OS fit for raccoons halfway reaching into a juicy dumpster on a very hot and humid day, the stench radiating 10 metres in all directions like a punch in the face when it reaches one's nostrils

[da_667@infosec.exchange]

@mcc its possible.

[catsalad@infosec.exchange]

@mcc 0x800f0805

[crazyeddie@mastodon.social]

@mcc No. Pretty confident it indeed takes that many programs to be that terrible. You wouldn't be able to do it with just one. A raw kernel that boots up to nothing couldn't do anywhere near the same level of damage nor cause the same amount of frustration. Trying to integrate enough into one monolithic program would cause it to fail cascade too soon I think.

In other words, no...it's several and has to be.