[–] skidmark-steve 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
So, Microsoft, is it time for another one of these?
https://forum.eset.com/uploads/post-3952-0-96878900-1428318020.png
Notice how this update doesn't do what it says in the description...
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[–] tribblepuncher 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
AFAIK, most of the problems with Windows 10 are not the kernel.
It's things like spyware and forced updates. Unless the Windows kernel now incorporates most of the functionality on the system, it probably doesn't have a whole lot to do with it. If anything, I get the impression that the kernel is generally one of the few things that actually consistently tends to improve between Windows versions.
That said, I wouldn't be overly surprised if, at some point, the ecosystem of Windows were ported to a Linux-based kernel. It's unlikely, but a decade ago people would probably have said the entire Windows 10 fiasco wasn't terribly likely, either.
[–] TimberWolfAlpha 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
They'll never roll back to 7 at this point.
[–] 2716057 0 points 15 points 15 points (+15|-0) ago
Yeah, that's what happens when you stop FORCING it onto users when their back is turned. Nobody wants it, and the few that were actually excited about it were not the norm, they were the anomaly.
Now, Microsoft is going to have to revert to even dirtier tactics to finally grab those who both didn't take the bait for the "free upgrade" and also didn't remove Windows completely. Mark my words, in six months, that debacle we had all year will be back, and ten times worse.
[–] shill343 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Most of that growth would have been due to forced upgrades that people didn't agree to. The base users are probably the same that have been using windows for years. I highly doubt many new users have been added to that base, if anything, they are probably starting to decline.