Submitted by “I recently sat down with Technical Fellow and SysInternals founder Mark Russinovich to dig a bit into what’s new in the Windows Server 2008 kernel. Of course, we talk about many things including HyperV, application virtualization, kernel architecture (not everybody defines an OS kernel in the same way – tune in to understand why this is the case. Mark has his own definition that may not be the same as yours…).”
I watched that video on C9 when it came out last week. There was nothing new at all. So, Microsoft is trying to catch up with the rest of the virtualization vendors.
Mark is a smart guy but he feels a little bit tired. He’s been saying the same things over and over again since he created those Windows NT instructional videos.
I don’t need somebody to explain to me what a kernel is. Sorry but this interview was boring.
Sad, but true.
The problem is, the kernel is the least of the worries – customers and developers are concerned about the whole stack, not just the kernel. We all know the kernel is fabulous, we all know what it can do – what has always been lacking is the user space; have they finally fixed that, or are we still riddled with bad decisions from 20 years of ‘compatibility is teh awesomeness’?
First, Channel 9 is a big joke. Its a Microsoft marketing and propaganda site nothing at all to see. Microsoft doesnt get it and they never will, their day is done. Mark does feel tired and non-interesting, its time for him to just retire like Bill Gates.
Remember no one who cares about computers uses Microsoft Windows.