An Epic Bill Gates Email Rant

http://blog.seattlepi.com/microsoft/2008/06/24/full-text-an-epic-bill-gates-e-mail-rant/

by goronbjorn • 14 years ago

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alayne• 14 years ago

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=227045

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3905618

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1660096

toomuchcoffee• 14 years ago

That's not a rant. It's a perfectly normal, human reaction to what Windows does to the human brain.

jiggy20113• 14 years ago

One thing I've wondered about Windows is why it needs to be rebooted so often?

I can understand for stuff like Service Pack updates or patches to the kernel but it seems whenever I boot Windows 7 it wants to do a bunch of updates that inevitably require a full restart, sometimes this also triggers more updates so a further restart is required.

I've even installed stuff which seems like simple userspace software and have it demand a full power cycle upon completing the install.

Is there an actual intelligent reason for this, or is it just a throwback to earlier versions of Windows and hasn't been fixed yet?

mhurron• 14 years ago

> seems like simple userspace software

It probably isn't.

jiggy20113• 14 years ago

An example would be Windows Media Player. Every single update I've ever done to that program has required a restart. I can't fathom why that would be required.

icefox• 14 years ago

Unlike most filesystems, the windows filesystem doesn't allow you to overwrite files that are open. To be 100% sure that you can install all your files everyone checks the box that says require a reboot and install on startup when the file wont be in use.

realize2• 14 years ago

It was constant experiences like this that made me try Mac in 2010, and I've never looked back since. Kind of weird that Bill Gates just sends an email about it rather than actually restructuring his business to fix it.

angrow• 14 years ago

It's easier to turn a rowboat than an aircraft carrier.

realize2• 14 years ago

True, but if the aircraft carrier is heading in a direction that makes its presence a bit pointless then it needs to be turned, and the captain is probably the one to set that in motion.

An Epic Bill Gates Email Rant

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