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Why did Windows 95 setup use three operating systems?

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307 points mooreds | 1 comments | 17 Nov 24 19:54 UTC | HN request time: 0.204s | source
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dusted ◴[18 Nov 24 06:48 UTC] No.42170325[source]▶
Raymond Chens blog and book (The Old New Thing) is an absolute delight! I always had a big respect for how intuitive the Windows 95 GUI is, and reading his description of the thoughts and methods behind its inception, it's no surprise that it became so good. It seems like Microsoft was extremely pragmatic and reasonable in many of their endeavors back then. It's a wonder how it degenerated into the absolute unit of sh*t that is modern Windows (even if the filesystem and kernel is arguably a lot better, everything on top seems to be developed by an army of interns)
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rqtwteye ◴[18 Nov 24 10:19 UTC] No.42171191[source]▶
Army of interns should about right. I always suspect that Teams is developed by some beginners who are learning Scrum.

But yes, Windows 95 to Windows 2000 were a huge jump in usability. From Windows 8 on and the “Metro” interface they threw it all away.

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Cumpiler69 ◴[18 Nov 24 11:46 UTC] No.42171598[source]▶
>I always suspect that Teams is developed by some beginners who are learning Scrum

I get the same feeling from Google's android and Pixels. Lots of neat features keep getting added, but the SW and HW issues that end up in the final product make it seem like an incredibly amateurish effort for such a wealthy company hiring top talent.

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1. JohnClark1337 ◴[18 Nov 24 16:51 UTC] No.42174224[source]▶
Also a product of the mentality that you get ahead in your career by adding new features, not by maintaining existing features. Maintenance is boring and the new kids straight out of college don't want to do the boring thing.