Surely it's time for a fundamentally new OS from Microsoft?
With tens of thousands of employees, they must have the resource to create a more modern operating system than to keep tarting-up Windows NT? Are they working on one and when will it be released?
Just to be absolutely clear: I'm talking about specific, major subsystems with demonstrable flaws. As I understand it, the kernel itself is well regarded. It is clear from everyday use, however, that many of the important subsystems within Windows appear to remain largely unchanged even in Windows 7.
Two examples:
First, as I understand it WPF is Microsoft's answer to Quartz. Why then, is Quartz pervasive in OSX and WPF is not in Windows 7?
Second, the security model of Windows appears fundamentally flawed in comparison to the UNIX underpinnings of OS X and/or Linux (witness the prevalence of viruses). Why have Microsoft chosen to update the existing architecture in Windows 7 rather than make fundamental changes to fix the root cause? This decision impacts users significantly in that they have to run resource-hungry virus scanners, whereas OSX and Linux users largely do not.
