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mwcampbell
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The engineer’s engineer: Computer industry luminar...
Did any of that crap code from Windows 95 go in the kernel, or was it just in user space?
Animats
on April 15, 2016
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A lot of it went into the kernel for Windows XP. It took until Windows 7 to clean up the mess inside.
limeyx
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They moved the entire graphics subsystem into kernel because it was "too slow" in user mode
Animats
on April 16, 2016
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Yes. Then Microsoft hired Mark Russinovich, the guy who ran "ntinternals.com" and demonstrated it wasn't too slow, to shut him up.[1]
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http://windowsitpro.com/windows-server/did-microsoft-shut-do...
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