Posted on 01/09/2019 7:21:16 AM PST by dayglored
Nobody dares take a sledgehammer to the OS
Microsoft has announced that it is time to simply tear stuff down and rebuild anew.
Sadly, this is not in reference to Windows, which still labours under code built up over decades of twiddling, but is instead related to the modernisation of its campus.
That said, we quite fancy the idea of being issued one of those natty hardhats. Handy for weathering the latest Windows 10 update if a little flimsy when it comes to wholesale demolition.
And we can't see any attachment points for a handy Hololens either.
The Windows giant will tear down 13 buildings over the next few months, with an employee (and nine teammates) having at building 2 with sledgehammers. Microsofties handed over hard-earned cash to charity in order to be in with a chance of giving the company’s workspaces a damn good kicking.
A feeling we're sure many who use the company's wares would understand.
Microsoft became the first US tech company to be certified zero waste in 2016 and aims to avoid the majority of demolition waste going to landfill. Presumably it will bury the Windows 10 October 2018 Update under a pile of rubble in the hope everyone will stop talking about The Update of the Damned.
Or maybe stick a sign on top with the words "Never Forget" to ensure the Windows team aren't tempted to do a repeat performance in 2019.
The building works themselves are expected to take up to seven years to complete, with the first building ready in five. We would not want to be the first Microsofties to move in there – everyone knows you should wait until the first service pack has made an appearance before going near anything new from Redmond (boom, and indeed tish).
Snark aside, plans for the updated campus can be found here.
While it is good to see Microsoft spending some of its billions making a better workplace for its employees, certain teams within the bowels of Redmond would do well to remember that sometimes it really is better to simply tear everything down and start again. ®
Daughter works for MS on the Redmond campus. She’ll keep me posted...
I bet Microsoft management will lay off most of the people before the work is done on the remodel.
[[Microsoft rips it all up and starts again..................................................................................................no, not Windows]]
Dang it- ya build us up, then let us down- I was all excited for a nano-second- then read the last part :(
I agree. Win2k Pro was the best OS Microsoft ever made.
I agree that Win2K's user interface was the high-point -- ever since then, the first thing I have to do with XP or 7 is revert the UI to "Windows Classic" (i.e. Win2K) and tweak some things so it works more like Win2K. Classic Shell helps with 8 and 10 but they're mostly irredeemable.
The underlying OS (kernel, libraries, syscalls) has in fact improved substantially since Win2K. Win2K would be horribly insecure for daily internet usage.
A hybrid of Win2K UI over the Win7 OS foundation would be my goal.
(I almost said "Win2K UI over the Win10 OS foundation" because 10 is more secure than 7, but all the crap and alleged spyware makes me reject that.)
All of which is why I consider Win7 to be the "best OS Microsoft ever made", because I can, in fact, revert enough of the UI back to Win2K mode, to make it almost indistinguishable. Best of both worlds, IMO.
I very much disliked MacOS until OSX. Then I switched to Mac and haven’t looked back.
I like UNIX.
Thank you for a concise delineation of the problem.
I am sure you know of the bloat written on the bloat that is why we have gigabytes of unnecessary code that is Windows. Why Linux is the go to for those not caught in the cult. Always been a fan of this guy.
https://www.grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2
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