Does Windows 8 have the code rot problems of prior versions?

Subject line says it all.

 

Don't you think it's a bit early to say?

 

Yes.

Turning to the past to power Windows’ future: An in-depth look at WinRT | Ars Technica

A big read but I think speaks to your question?

Ed

 

You could be right, but I was hoping for a fundamental design change.

 

Well it was essentially built on top of Windows 7.

 

No it doesn't. What is "code rot problem" supposed to mean?

 

If you read the story i the link I posted it tells the story pretty well.

 

Not sure what your getting at, the NT kernel is stable and runs well why would they rewrite everything?

 

The short answer is YES, after reading that article.

 

Microsoft should just do Longhorn and tell any company stuck on Win32, too bad, suck it up and welcome to the present, not 1990.

I think we all know this, no matter what kind of project it is, it's better to do the grunt work now to fix it rather than having to be forced to do it later when more problems have continued to compound it.

Personally I don't understand why MS didn't do this. Let desktops continue to use Windows 7, upgrade Windows 7 with SP2 that includes DX11, WDMM 1.2 or whatever else cool. Release Windows 8 Mobile OS, improvement on Windows Phone. Let's face it, tablets are still just gigantic phones without making phone calls. Not impressive in the least bit. Windows 7 IMO was good for few more years, it's still great, so great that Windows 8 desktop feels and functions like Windows 7... so what was the point in just releasing another iteration with terrible issues and problems?

Could have spent all this time to just fix Windows as Longhorn promised. Could have released the updated Windows as Windows 7.5 if they wanted. Hell while doing that, they could have fixed security issues, similar to Linux/MacOS and Chrome. I don't know the technicalities, but I get the impression, a closed box, Windows is not.

 

those are definitely some interesting ideas, but you figure a new version of windows (not second-gen like a 7.5 for example or SP) comes out every ~3-5 years, right? W8 does feel almost identical to W7 on the desktop because it was never broken--we can all agree on that. there's some slight improvements to the windows side of things (e.g. new task manager, multi-display taskbar support, native usb 3.0/better SSD/newer hardware support, various other little touches) and the start screen is like an added layer on top.

a strict windows 8 mobile OS is too pigeonholed. windows 8 mobile OS is W8 is WP8 is windows rt is the new xbox dashboard even (think modern UI/live tiles). aside from all that i really haven't found W8 to be riddled with terrible issues and problems of any sort, but for issues with the start screen and WinRT apps. it's a fresh update with serious potential in terms of achieving a matched user experience across a variety of platforms. the ironic part about all this is that once the elusive "average consumer" gets used to the modern UI, learning the tablets, smartphones, gaming console, etc. will become easier and more familiar.

i have no comment on code rot except to say that from my perspective it seems only inevitable.

 

I read it. Interesting article, but it says absolutely nothing about "code rot", nor does it explain what this term might even mean.