Submission + - Why the Windows ecosystem is broken (chron.com)
Christopher Blanc writes: "Windows, although a proprietary operating system, is the hub of an open computing system. Anyone can build a computer that runs it, using off the shelf parts. This open system has worked well so far; it's what has driven the growth of the personal computing industry for decades. With each successive version of Windows, hardware makers and developers must decide whether to support their older products on the new operating system. They can throw resources at writing drivers for hardware and patches for software, but as time goes on, they have more and more legacy products in the mix. As I wrote in Tuesday's entry, what Microsoft needs to do is start over.
http://blogs.chron.com/techblog/archives/2007/08/h eres_why_the_windows_ecosystem_is_broken.html#more "
http://blogs.chron.com/techblog/archives/2007/08/
