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Microsoft to dump Windows? Good idea! Here's why | |
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| Time: 10:20 EST/15:20 GMT | News Source: ZDNet | Posted By: Alex Harris | ||
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Whenever I hear Microsoft execs--meaning Bill and Steve--say they'd take Windows off the market if the Nine States prevail in the antitrust case, I want to throw all my support behind the states. Why? As any regular reader of this column could tell you, it's not that I hate Microsoft or Windows. It's just that I like the idea of starting over with a clean slate. Tossing out Windows would give Microsoft a chance to build a real OS for the 21st century, instead of an OS that is still, at its heart, the descendant of MS-DOS. Starting over would let Microsoft get rid of the evil system registry, Windows' heart of darkness. A new operating system could also be designed from the ground up to be trustworthy. (The company would still have to bolt some trustworthiness onto Windows XP and its 2004 successor, code-named Longhorn, to meet Bill's 'trustworthiness' mandate.) More importantly, a new OS would allow Microsoft engineers to show what they are really capable of in a way they can't with Windows XP. | ||
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