I'm quite sure they'll do it. They did it before with Internet technologies when felt behind (to fast to be honest).

But the "where do you want to go today" department must in fact stop and wait a bit. This time no one "wants to go anywhere" blindly.

The microkernel complexity added by the DCOM implementation model led to an extreme (and uncontrolable?) interdependency of processes. This was done inheritably in a bottom-up way over time. The "domino effect" on security is obvious.

Microkernels are still the way to go in my opinion, but this time and with all the new knowledge, things must be done from scratch in a topdown approach for a broader perspective of interaction and "sandboxing".

With a stable w2k and feature rich XP out there for a while, maybe now is the right time to give MS true programmers (yes, they exist) some slack and... REDESIGN!

Bill, this one's on me:

"Think abstract so you can think object".

PS: Nevermind if win2003 only comes out on 2005... A TIP: Call it Win3000.

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