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   From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On Mon, 12 Jan 2026 21:47:37 -0000 (UTC), Gremlin wrote:   
      
   > I'm unaware of vista being a rewrite.   
      
   It’s certainly a failed attempt at a rewrite. Microsoft wanted to   
   prove the value of its Dotnet technology by rewriting large parts of   
   the lower levels of Windows to use it. Too late, they discovered that   
   their wonderful “managed runtime” led to absolutely horrible   
   performance, so they had to rip it all out and start again (the   
   infamous “Longhorn Reset” you may have heard about).   
      
   This added maybe two years to the development time. And then they had   
   to rush the rework after that to avoid the whole project getting even   
   later. And so Vista turned into the mess we remember on its release.   
      
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