• Most experts agree Linux is safer than Windows

  • All scientific supercomputers use Linux

  • Professional hackers use Linux

  • Linux is the undisputed backbone of internet servers

  • Critical military infrastructure relies on Linux

Microsoft's revenue was $300 Billion last year. They have UNLIMITED ressources.

So why is Windows still worse than Linux ?

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[–] 19 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Apart from what everyone here is saying, which is probably mostly true, I want to add that the Windows division in microsoft isn't the biggest either in terms of revenue or funding; it's not even second. The office team is much bigger for instance - so Windows has not been Microslops priority for a good 15 years i'd say. My 2 cents

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  • [–] 5 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    Also the number of developers and amount of money put into something doesn't make it is necessarily better. I almost want to think that fewer developers and less money on Windows is a good thing considering Microslop only ever wants to increase operating costs in order to make more revenue.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago

    True but my impression is that in contrast to other divisions it probably doesn't get the focus, resources or the vision it needs. It's just a means to sell their other stuff, so all the great people will choose to work for other teams. I remember seeing a discussion with Dave Cutler (if i remember his name correctly) a few years ago saying he left the windows team to work on xbox and azure because it was much more interesting - i know the guy has done it all and was looking for something different but it didn't seem very encouraging

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