@straphanger #DavePlummer from “Dave’s Garage” talks about centralised (computing) systems trading convenience, cost at for ‘aggregated, correlated risks’.
#DavePlummer
Former #Microsoft engineer explains why #Windows 'sucks'
#DavePlummer's complaints boil down to two main: desire for hardcore mode that optionally removes all fluffiness added to #operatingsystem for the benefit of non-technical, and combination of transparency and end to 'Microsoft knows best' attitude that plagues recent releases. Engineer suggests that it should be possible to mute #telemetry categories without fear of an update turning them back on in the background.
https://www.theregister.com/2025/11/07/does_windows_really_suck_that/
cute story about NT TaskMan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQykvrAR_po
very personable and lots of hidden bits
Repórter Retro 117
https://retropolis.com.br/2025/08/29/reporter-retro-117/
#ReprterRetro #ActionRetro #AdemirCarchano #AlanTuring #Altair8800 #Amiga #Atari8bits #BancoDeDados #BASIC #Baudot #Clone #ClubeMSX #CoCoTown #CommanderX16 #Commodore #Commodore64 #DavePlummer #DavesGarage #DESQView #Disquetes #epcom #EscapeFromColditz #gradiente #Hackaday #HDMI #Homebrew #IBM #KazuhikoNishi #KonradZuse #MquinaDeTuring #MarioCavalcanti #matemtica #microsoft #MiSTer #MITS #MSDOS #NeoGeo #NetBSD #Nin
Dave Plummer agora tem um PDP-11/34 para chamar de seu
https://retropolis.com.br/2024/08/02/dave-plummer-agora-tem-um-pdp-11-34-para-chamar-de-seu/
This is INSANE, every time you mentioned a feature I thought there was no way they could top it. And then they're just casually like "oh yeah and these 64 5.2GHz cores can also run 2 bajillion VMs and encrypt all of main memory and correct for cosmic rays". (ale) #IBM #Mainframe #DavePlummer
Domingo da Dave-entrevista: David Plummer entrevista David Cutler
#MundoRetro #DavePlummer #DavesGarage #DavidCutler #entrevista #RSX11M #VMS #Windows #WindowsNT
Three hour interview of the most Senior developer I've ever seen by the person who created Task Manager, zip folders and ported Space Cadet Pinball
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xi1Lq79mLeE
#DavePlummer #DavesGarage #DaveCutler #Microsoft #programming #SoftwareDevelopment #interview
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