Comment on: Xbox goes down. You can't play games you own on disc
Well, somewhat.It has been a while since I read a book on NT kernel - "Showstopper!: The Breakneck Race to Create Windows NT and the Next Generation at Microsoft"NT kernel was "supposed" to run OS/2 apps and Windows apps. But the NT kernel is of MS making, NOT IBM.The connection to VAX/VMS is due to MS hiring Dave Cutler, who worked there before.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Cutler
Comment on: Xbox goes down. You can't play games you own on disc
Has the barrier for non technical consumer gone down? Back in the 90s when some game didn't work because of some weird issue (we had two CD drives and it would refuse to detect the CD in either drive) my parents had no problem downloading a pirated one that didn't need a CD.You wouldn't have to figure it out yourself. They didn't need a hex editor. But they did understand "download this file, go to this part of Program Files, move the downloaded file here and agree to overwrite". You'll find similar guides online. They already exist, because it's the same as if you're trying to pirate a Steam
Comment on: Xbox goes down. You can't play games you own on disc
This is my experience with all Microsoft software. The worst thought out, buggy, untested pile of crap.There's something seriously wrong in Redmond.At least with linux, you can search on the web and find a forum post telling you the magic incantation. With Microsoft, you will be forced to consume some second-rate engineer's unmanaged, barely workable, edge case until it might or might not work.Office on the web is a horror show this way.