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[tw]

Originally Posted by mbpark

It is this complexity that is the reason for Windows having the issues that it does. Even when you execute these programs, you can't tell what they do.

Spaghetti code. What happens when a project does not have a strong architect with a clearly defined architecture. Windows has prospered by trying to do everything. Windows has suffered for the same reason.

[mbpark]

TW,

It is that reason why Mark Russinovich's company (Sysinternals) was bought by Microsoft. He was brought in to clean it up.

Originally Posted by tw

Spaghetti code. What happens when a project does not have a strong architect with a clearly defined architecture. Windows has prospered by trying to do everything. Windows has suffered for the same reason.

[tw]

Originally Posted by mbpark

It is that reason why Mark Russinovich's company (Sysinternals) was bought by Microsoft. He was brought in to clean it up.

I always considered the purchase of System Internals to be what Bill and Dave did to grow Hewlett and Packard and what John Chambers did for Cisco. They bought innovative technology from companies not yet surrounded by large structures - to fill gaps in their company product line.

Microsoft basically had no useful analysis tools for Windows. System Internals are informative tools.

That spaghetti code is a symptom of poor planning at the architect's level. Is probably why the head of Windows was removed because of Vista's development. Are Russinovich and Cogwell working as architects for Microsoft Windows?

[mbpark]

TW,

Mark Russinovich is one of the lead Windows architects now. He was one of the forces behind MinWin, which was the refactoring of the Windows code to remove dependencies and make it easier to build and maintain the product.

Originally Posted by tw

I always considered the purchase of System Internals to be what Bill and Dave did to grow Hewlett and Packard and what John Chambers did for Cisco. They bought innovative technology from companies not yet surrounded by large structures - to fill gaps in their company product line.

Microsoft basically had no useful analysis tools for Windows. System Internals are informative tools.

That spaghetti code is a symptom of poor planning at the architect's level. Is probably why the head of Windows was removed because of Vista's development. Are Russinovich and Cogwell working as architects for Microsoft Windows?

[tw]

Originally Posted by mbpark

Mark Russinovich ... was one of the forces behind MinWin, which was the refactoring of the Windows code to remove dependencies and make it easier to build and maintain the product.

Never heard of MinWin. What is it for? What dependencies are being removed?