http://www.zdnet.com/anonymo... An anonymous Microsoft developer, that has supposedly done work on the core OS, explains why Windows is slower than Linux and why the gap is getting worse.
Here's original rant from the guy and a follow up http://blog.zorinaq.com/?e=74 Interesting to note the original bash of 9-5 people with kids which is then retracted.
- Scoble, Alex Scoble
"Oh god, the NTFS code is a purple opium-fueled Victorian horror novel…."
- Victor Ganata
[*back-pedaling*] "…I want to stress that we are not insane, and we are not dysfunctional." :D
- Victor Ganata
"Look at recent Microsoft releases: we don't fix old features, but accrete new ones. New features help much more at review time than improvements to old ones. (That's literally the explanation for PowerShell. Many of us wanted to improve cmd.exe, but couldn't.)""
- Andrew C (✔)