Windows system is slow? This is not for technical reasons

Author: Blocks

Developers Marc Bevand in Hackernews made a short note, a brief explanation of why Windows is running slower than other systems. Subsequently, a Microsoft employee who claimed to be involved in the development of the Windows NT kernel responded by explaining both internal management and brain drain. But for some reason, this reply was deleted.

Marc Bevand thinks this response is valuable, and he has posted this response on his personal blog after obtaining permission from the employee. The employee believes that in many ways, Windows is slower than other systems, and the gap is growing.

We occasionally see some naive people trying to improve the problem. These people almost always fail. We can improve system performance and do it because of the special circumstances, those who have the ability to allocate resources believe that this will affect business goals, but this work is Sisyphus. There are no formal or informal projects at the system level for performance improvement. When we started to care about security, it was because Windows XP before SP3 was a survival threat to its own business. Our low performance has no survival threat to our business.

Whether it's a project lead, a tester or a product manager, it's an open hostile attitude to external patches. They don't have the motivation to accept some changes from the outside, "you can always find reasons to say & lsquo; no & rsquo;, you have little motivation to say & rsquo; is & rsquo; & rdquo;. In addition, employees rarely have the motivation to seek change. Only by making major improvements can they get the leadership care or the possibility of promotion. “Incremental improvements can only make people bored and not good for your position. & rdquo; Therefore, after a period of time, employees have learned to work step by step, no longer thinking about innovation.

In addition to management reasons, another reason is that it is difficult for companies to retain talents. “Google and other big companies continue to dig up our best and most experienced developers, and we hired just out. Young people at the school gate to replace them. These people are usually very smart, but they don't know the specifics of the system, and more importantly, they don't want to make any changes to things that are already working. When they want to improve the system, they tend to add new things instead of improving existing ones. As a result, many old features cannot be improved.

In summary, the employee believes that Microsoft is not lacking a truly top-notch developer, and that the NT kernel is better than Linux in many ways, but these people are constantly retiring, or go to other companies, and rarely Someone can replace them. “What we used to make up the numbers were those who had children nine to five, H-1B licensees who were anxious to please people, and those who were abandoned by Google. Occasionally, we are able to summon people, just like making a mistake, but this is not enough. Still thinking about why we are behind? Corruption has already entered. ”

The employee’s response caused a lot of attention, so much that he had some concerns. So he contacted Marc Bevand and issued a statement explaining in detail the various misconducts of his article. He said, "All these things are out of control." I am too harsh, and I didn't want to think of it as a kind of large-scale secret. It's just some complaints. I don't agree with the appetite of those outside Microsoft who are studying politics. I should think more deeply about my post. I hope to apologize for the so-called internal impression of this misleading person.

Perhaps the employee’s complaints are too subjective, but the problems they mentioned have already been reported. For example, Vanity Fair once had an article that Microsoft’s management system has stifled the seeds of innovation. When the technology industry is increasingly competitive, Microsoft may have come to face up to the problem and make radical changes.