In Reply to: it does have )50 million lines of code posted by danny kaey on August 24, 2006 at 15:41:39:
This only illustrates my point.1. It must be true 'cos it was in an up-market rag. Presumably written by some clueless hack with an eye for the sensational, and a qualification in English, media studies, or marketing.
2. If you actually READ the article it's about WinServer 2003, not XP.
BTW - please define what a line of code is in this context. Does it include comments, scripts, squiggly brackets, data definitions, picture definitions, help, etc. etc.. Real chaps talk about instructions.
AND, given the broad support for platforms, peripherals, and interfaces, how much of the code is actually relevent at any one time.
Tell you, a fully featured Linux distro makes XP look small. XP is even more scaleable. I have it running on a P133 laptop with 48MB memory & 2GB HD - including office. Not exactly fast, but it does run. Try and do this with KDE or Gnome.
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Follow Ups
- Re: it does have )50 million lines of code - KeithC 15:57:53 08/24/06 (15)
- no matter how you slice and dice, Windows is bloated beyond belief - danny kaey 16:02:58 08/24/06 (14)
- Re: no matter how you slice and dice, Windows is bloated beyond belief - KeithC 16:22:35 08/24/06 (13)
- I agree, but there's no point continuing the conversation ... - Christine Tham 17:08:35 08/24/06 (12)
- Re: I agree, but there's no point continuing the conversation ... - KeithC 18:05:41 08/24/06 (11)
- Yeah, isn't it amazing - Christine Tham 19:06:05 08/24/06 (10)
- I never understood why MS didn't go the route of an emulator ala Rosetta - danny kaey 19:26:42 08/24/06 (9)
- Re: I never understood why MS didn't go the route of an emulator ala Rosetta - Christine Tham 19:58:21 08/24/06 (8)
- f00ls!!! - danny kaey 20:22:32 08/24/06 (7)
- Re: f00ls!!! - KeithC 00:04:54 08/25/06 (6)
- Re: f00ls!!! - fmak 00:19:31 08/25/06 (5)
- Re: f00ls!!! - KeithC 05:06:09 08/25/06 (0)
- Sheesh! Only 30 years??? What a young pup! - Christine Tham 01:47:12 08/25/06 (3)
- Re: Sheesh! Only 30 years??? What a young pup! - fmak 10:50:44 08/25/06 (0)
- Re: Sheesh! Only 30 years??? What a young pup! - Mercman 10:18:09 08/25/06 (0)
- Re: Sheesh! Only 30 years??? What a young pup! - KeithC 03:47:10 08/25/06 (0)