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ChromeFoundry

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Tue Dec-23-08 12:53 PM
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59. "They have to get Windows 7 right — and get it right the first time"

The only way to get an OS "right" is to redefine what it is. If it is an Operating System, then it should deliver the functionality of managing hardware for the purpose of hosting applications. Windows is no longer an operating system. DOS was an OS, it shipped with no applications to speak of. Windows has a built-in Internet browser, a mail client, word processor, calculator, Games, terminal and remote desktop applications, rich media player, as well as countless other crappy applications. If these applications were not included in the operating system, the OS would cost 20-bucks, and would not have so many security holes.

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