Surely the biggest IT failure of all time is the Windows operating system?
Ok, from one perspective it could be argued that as it’s become so popular, it’s used so much throughout the world it must not be categorised as a failure.
Let’s be honest, until fairly recently, we haven’t really had a lot of choice about what operating systems we use on a PC. If you wanted the OS with the most apps, and you wanted compatibility with your employers systems then it has to be Windows.
Why do I categorise Windows as a failure?
Because not even to this day, despite many years of development, (possibly with the exception of Windows 7, Vista, which I never used), every other version of Windows operating system has never been able to multi-task properly!
The goal of a multi-tasking operating system is to multi-task and Windows quite simply, has never ever been able to do it.
Tell me, why oh why, when copying large files in Windows does everything lock-up?
Ever tried copying a 20GB file which takes 20 minutes? Try it, watch what happens, you can’t do absolutely anything else at all with the PC whilst it’s copying.
Explain that to me Mr. Bill Gates.
I ask again, what is the point of a multi-tasking operating system if it doesn’t multi-task properly?
Is it really so hard to do it?
That is why I put down Windows operating systems as the biggest IT failure.
Microsoft have got away with this kind of nonsense for years because of the monopoly that exists.
