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   From: crude@sausa.ge   
      
   On Tue, 13 Jan 2026 03:37:10 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
      
   > 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.   
      
   I've said it before but I was part of testing that rewrite. The entire   
   development of Vista was a complete mess and the operating system was   
   barely usable. Just about anything caused a crash so submitting bug   
   reports was rather easy. I was a nice enough Microsoft fan that I didn't   
   mind the testing and the submitting, and I was happy that they rewarded me   
   with an Ultimate ISO of Vista (and later an Ultimate ISO of 7). When they   
   informed us that Vista was releasing to manufacturers, I was shocked   
   because it was nowhere near stable.   
      
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