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

[tock@corteximplant.com]

@mcc It is pretty sad.

In 2015, Windows acknowledged a 30 Year Anniversary. After missteps with Windows 8, also announces Windows 10 being a free upgrade for all Windows Vista, 7 and 8 users.

The question: right now nobody will celebrate a 50th anniversary of Windows (the 40th was last November, did anyone notice), but with Microsoft renaming everything as CoPilot, will Windows even exist by then?

[dnkboston@apobangpo.space]

@mcc That's crazy talk

[mlbellar@universeodon.com]

@mcc

"the only desktop that comes with a Russian STD" - Bill Gates's sad blue face

[hypostase@bsd.network]

@mcc all things are possible, I suppose, in an infinite universe. 3.11 might have been OK, and there were rumours of POSIX compliance in one of the early NT based versions, though which one escapes me, just at the moment.

[csalem@mastodon.social]

@mcc if it has a dedicated screen for errors. Something called blue screen of death, it probably is not.

[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)