What do you think of that, Gates?

Yeah, take that Gates!

(I'm sure he's shattered.... Hey Mr Gates, at least he didn't ditch Windows for a Mac!)

Vista was an utter disaster, Bill. I might switch back to Windows once your company have finished Vienna, though.

I'm serious! Not counting the included applications, the Vienna kernel is so small at this point, people should be able to carry the entire OS on a flashdrive. I know I'll be trying that out.

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MinWin and Windows Vienna / 7

November 30, 2007

Almost two months ago Eric Traut gave a presentation on operating systems in which MinWin was brought to light for the first time. Although used for running a basic HTTP server, MinWin is a stripped down version of the Windows kernel that will be used as the foundation for Windows Vienna. MinWin is composed of approximately 100 files totalizing 25MB on disk and 40MB set up, in comparison with Vista which is made up of over 5000 files and approximatley 2500MB on disk.

Since MinWin is simply an effort from Microsoft to bring the kernel down to the smallest possible size in order to achieve the best efficiency for the upcoming versions of Windows, it will not be a kernel that is going to be distributed all by itself but merely a starting point for the next generation of operating systems built by Microsoft that break the legacy with the Vista operating system and its ancestors.

What's with the obsession Windows seem to have with V names?

Don't they know it's a tongue twister to have a V-name after Windows?!!?!?!?
 

That said, that Vienna thing sounds exciting!!

I knew it would.

It's "Windows 7" now.
And Ubuntu is nice, as well as it's siblings (Kubuntu and friends).

BUMP!