Changes to The Fundamental Failings of Microsoft Windows between r9 and r10
'''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 --> 1. '''Drive Letters'''
11. Artificial constraint for root nodes
11. Why they are a failure
11. Why they can never be removed
11. Notes
11. Some have argued that it is possible to overcome this limitation by treating "C:" as the root node. This is apparently not possible to do due to the way network shares are handled. --> 111. Some have argued that it is possible to overcome this limitation by treating "C:" as the root node. This is apparently not possible to do due to the way network shares are handled.
2. Different Types of Executables
22. Graphical versus Service versus Text Mode
22. Makes it impossible to have one executable to execute in different manners according to context.
3. Open Files may not be Deleted
33. This is just retarded -- there's no reason not to allow this operation.
Windows users are the real prisoners as described in the [http://web.mit.edu/~simsong/www/ugh.pdf | UNIX-HATERS Handbook].
Only in r9
Only in r10 --> Modified slightly between r9 and r10