[BobbyTables2]

Windows 3.1 and Word easily fit on a 40MB hard drive with plenty leftover. Word operated on systems with as little as 2MB RAM on a single core 16MHz 80386. Modern microcontrollers put this to shame! Word then didn’t lack for much compared to today’s version.

Windows and Office require now, 50-100GB disk just to function? 1000X for what gain?

This is sheer insanity, but we overlook it — our modern systems have 5000-10000X as much disk, RAM, and CPU. Our home internet is literally a million times faster than early modems.

[Too]

You mean the Word where i had to save the document every 20 seconds just to be sure i didn't loose my school assignment from crashes at the most inconvenient moment.

It left scars in my spline, to the point that I still have to actively hold myself back from the reflex of hitting Ctrl+S halfway through this comment.

[klyrs]

Yes, that Word. Imagine if we'd been focused on improving reliability this whole time...

[datavirtue]

Is that all you got?

[shrimp_emoji]

> 1000X for what gain?

A stepping stone to the 1000000X gain that would make it possible for Windows and Office to emulate the mind of a Microsoft sales executive so it can value extract from the user optimally and autonomously. Also with memory safe code because Microsoft fired all the testers to save money. And so they can hire people who can't write in C or C++ to save money. And ship faster to save money.