Windows: an obese monolith

Windows Could Use a Rush of Fresh Air

Excerpt:

Windows has put on a lot of weight over the years.

Beginning as a thin veneer for older software code, it has become an obese monolith built on an ancient frame. Adding features, plugging security holes, fixing bugs, fixing the fixes that never worked properly, all while maintaining compatibility with older software and hardware — is there anything Windows doesn’t try to do?

Painfully visible are the inherent design deficiencies of a foundation that was never intended to support such weight. Windows seems to move an inch for every time that Mac OS X or Linux laps it.

The best solution to the multiple woes of Windows is starting over. Completely. Now.



Comment: Check out the NYTimes graphic with the MAX "X" superimposed over "Windows". Better to have a solid operating system (Linux / Unix) with a great graphical user interface (eg MAC with Aqua) than the blob of Windows.