Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: M$ Wants Free "User Help" For W-11 Slow Performance Date: 6 Aug 2025 20:19:23 GMT Lines: 28 Message-ID: References: <106v5mm$39a16$1@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net PQ634rI9iPs1O9poLRi2SArqD9dVmPOP3qhtYJZXG53SnHFNx/ Cancel-Lock: sha1:ALQD8vsDevkAczj3CtC3NanuEuM= sha256:MIs8vJm/nLcCP1p9sJQheo67NSWwOMsIs3m9vWF5BWU= User-Agent: Pan/0.162 (Pokrosvk) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:70502 On Wed, 6 Aug 2025 10:02:14 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote: > On 06/08/2025 06:54, c186282 wrote: >> Look ... M$ is a huge total Gordian knot of a "system" - >>   naught but patches of patches of patches plus alpha code. > > When I were a lad working for a large military electronics concern, I > realised that the way most design is done in big companies is - write > some rough kind of spec. > - bugger around until you meet it somehow. > - if it doesn't meet the spec, change the spec. > - run it through test and if it doesn't pass go back to buggering around > > I am not surprised M$ is a bloated mess of staked puncture repairs .. My experience with a military project was different. Spend over a year writing a very detained spec. Implement the system following the spec religiously Realize the completed system doesn't work very well Tough shit, it was built to spec Make very expensive cost plus mods to get it working. Sort of. Abandon project when Congress gets sick of pouring money down a rat hole.