Changes to The Fundamental Failings of Microsoft Windows between r6 and r7
'''Why Microsoft Windows Can Never Be Fixed'''
Microsoft Windows is a poorly designed system. Most people would agree with this statement and cite implementation issues such as poor security, poor performance, and poor support systems. However, these issues can be addressed and solved over time. Microsoft Windows however, will always be a poorly designed system due to fundamental flaws in its design. These flaws are so fundamental that most Microsoft Windows administrators and users do not even understand that they are flaws at all -- instead they think of the limitations as features or do not think of them at all, and just accept them as ''the way things are''.
1. Drive Letters
11. Artificial constraint for root nodes
11. Some have argued that it is possible to overcome this limitation by treating "C:" as the root node. This is not possible to do.
2. Different Types of Executables
22. Graphical versus Service versus Text Mode
3. Open Files may not be Deleted
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Windows users are the real prisoners as described in the [http://web.mit.edu/~simsong/www/ugh.pdf | UNIX Haters Handbook].
Only in r6
Only in r7 --> Modified slightly between r6 and r7