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Letters to the Editors: 'Midori' a fishing expedition

By SD Times News Team

September 1, 2008 — (Page 1 of 5)
Microsoft's work on a new operating system ("Details of next Microsoft OS revealed") is nothing more than a fishing expedition. Microsoft is throwing out various concepts and looking to see what sticks with the community.

Backwards compatibility is critical. New systems need to allow for a graceful migration path. An all-or-nothing approach means that there is no concern for costs incurred by customers, OEMs, and hardware and software developers.

The new OS needs to be so attractive (features, performance, security, etc.) that people would want to upgrade from older systems. If it is only another new OS running virtual software to support "legacy" applications, then there is no reason for vendor loyalty. Any OS can provide such capabilities, and most do.

Forced obsolescence is a recipe for the collapse of Microsoft. So far, the vision presented is so vague that there appears to be no direction. Nothing in the article makes me interested in Midori. There is no new technical vision. No concept of taking advantage of the strengths of new technologies. No vision of a model of a computer system and its various interconnects. No long-range architectural plan.

Trolling for answers is no substitute for sound design.

Robert F. Thomas
Westwood, Mass.

Don't dismiss multicore yet
Regarding Andrew Binstock's June 1 column ("What if multicore is all wrong?"), I agree that many programs do not lend themselves to multicore enhancement—though I see all too many programs that lock up on a progress indicator. And maybe multicore is a way for the chip vendors to disguise a lack of progress in individual core performance. Just because the killer app for multicore has not been delivered, however, does not mean that it is not forthcoming.

If developers can count on most users having octocore laptops, then I can see dedicating four cores to handwriting/voice recognition. It might actually work with that kind of power. And what about grid computing? What if a company could count on having hundreds or thousands of otherwise idle cores just waiting to contribute to data mining for business intelligence?

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