Windows has become a problem and users can never get rid of it.
Microsoft Needs Windows Lite
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Re: Microsoft Needs Windows Lite
#132Microslop should unshittify, but that will never happen.
Re: Microsoft Needs Windows Lite
#133The blog post sums up why users of Windows might want this. However, this is not what Microsoft wants or needs. Microsoft is doing just fine by providing businesses what they need: a platform that can be tightly controlled and is easy to administer for large user counts.
I don't believe businesses "need" Microsoft. Microsoft is entrenched in corporations for a variety of reasons and none of them because Microsoft is technically any good.
Most businesses of any sophistication need specialised software developed only for Windows.
The local car dealership runs factory diagnostic software on Windows.
The two-way radio shop tunes and programs radios using vendor software written for Windows.
Your dentist runs their practice management software runs on Windows, and they Windows software to control other expensive equipment like X-ray machines and 3D scanners.
Re: Microsoft Needs Windows Lite
#134No they don't. Why should they bother? * Costs them money to make * Costs them money to maintain * Will only be used by a TINY subset of ultra-enthusiasts (no, neither HN or Reddit are majorities) * Every user on it is less telemetry and less advertisement The reality is that most users don't care, and will just use whatever seems to work fine. Finding out that 'oh yeah, feature/software X does not work on Windows Li…
- people complain but have no choice
- tolerance is too high
- Every sysadmin is quietly annoyed but knows it gives then $$$.
- Companies are never going to change anytime.
Re: Microsoft Needs Windows Lite
#135> Windows Lite is a stripped down version of Windows. No telemetry, no spying, no ads, no AI, no .NET, nothing. Windows Lite is just win32 with a lightweight shell and graphics drivers.
Not going to happen.
Win32 is stuck in Windows XP, most modern development has been on .NET, even if the core components are implemented in C++, exposed via COM.
PowerShell is all about .NET and COM interop.
Re: Microsoft Needs Windows Lite
#136ReactOS is already some sort of Windows Lite. And now with coding agents we can accelerate development on it.
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#137So no juicy 'telemetry' data for profiling, recurring revenue service tie-ins, advertizing revenue deals nor hefty 'store' margins?
Somehow I don't see this happening.
Re: Microsoft Needs Windows Lite
#138Windows Server Core exists.
Yet it costs like 20x of regular Windows license while supporting almost none of the applications.
Re: Microsoft Needs Windows Lite
#139That sounds like Windows Premium, not Lite. The annoying parts are the "features" that modern MS added intentionally
Re: Microsoft Needs Windows Lite
#140Earlier quoted context omitted.
I don't believe businesses "need" Microsoft. Microsoft is entrenched in corporations for a variety of reasons and none of them because Microsoft is technically any good.
Most businesses of any sophistication need specialised software developed only for Windows. The local car dealership runs factory diagnostic software on Windows. The two-way radio shop tunes and programs radios using vendor software written for Windows. Your dentist runs their practice management software runs on Windows, and they Windows software to control other expensive equipment like X-ray machines and 3D scanne…
That's the catch-22 problem. The underlying logic and software rarely care about the platform. They are usually just built Windows because that is the default OS on anything that is not a Mac.