Tech Analysis: If it were possible to remake Windows with a magic, Windows-morphing wand, standards support and sensible security would be part of the imaginary makeover.
As part of our issuewide reflection on the Windows that Microsoft has produced during the past 20 years, we thought it'd be interesting to consider the Windows we wish we had as well. If we had a magic, Windows-morphing wand, here's how we'd wave it to remake Windows.
Along with managing hardware, which Windows does pretty well, the primary jobs of an operating system are to run applications—a task that Windows performs perhaps too well—and to manage installation and updates of those applications—a duty that Windows doesn't handle nearly well enough.
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