Cheating: Not just for Microsoft anymore

Posted Sep 23, 2008 2:30 UTC (Tue) by k8to (guest, #15413)
In reply to: Cheating: Not just for Microsoft anymore by SimonKagstrom
Parent article: LPC: Booting Linux in five seconds

Well in the windows camp, for example, you can't even successfully operate the start menu. So just triggering the attempted launch the programs you want can be really unworkable, and with a less than perfect io subsystem, your attempts to launch programs may cause thrashing, delaying your eventual ability to make use of your programs.

Linux is of course a good deal better than this, but avoiding these devils bargains is still laudible.

Cheating: Not just for Microsoft anymore

Posted Oct 4, 2008 18:36 UTC (Sat) by pboddie (guest, #50784) [Link]

Well in the windows camp, for example, you can't even successfully operate the start menu.

Indeed. What's the point of showing the user the desktop if they can't actually use it? That's the question the Windows developers should be asking themselves.