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Re: Dimdows Decay Syndrome Continues

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  Re: Dimdows Decay Syndrome Continues Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> - 2025-04-09 00:15 +0000

#688781 — Re: Dimdows Decay Syndrome Continues

On Sat, 1 Feb 2025 21:55:15 -0000 (UTC), I wrote:

> Many years ago, a software engineer named Fred Brooks predicted that
> some systems could get so complex that they would exceed a manageable
> threshold of complexity, where every attempt to fix a bug would just
> create new ones.
>
> Microsoft passed this point a long time ago.

This is happening so often now that it should be completely
yawnworthy; the news should be when it *doesn’t* happen. Except that
too many Dimdows users still seem to believe that Microsoft produces a
quality product or something, so they still get continually surprised
when Microsoft makes their machines malfunction
<https://www.zdnet.com/article/windows-11-24h2-is-crashing-on-many-pcs-due-to-conflict-with-security-driver/>.

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