Comment on The engineer’s engineer: Computer industry luminaries salute Dave CutlerparentComments−limeyx10yThey moved the entire graphics subsystem into kernel because it was "too slow" in user mode−Animats10yYes. Then Microsoft hired Mark Russinovich, the guy who ran "ntinternals.com" and demonstrated it wasn't too slow, to shut him up.[1][1] http://windowsitpro.com/windows-server/did-microsoft-shut-do...
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They moved the entire graphics subsystem into kernel because it was "too slow" in user mode
Yes. Then Microsoft hired Mark Russinovich, the guy who ran "ntinternals.com" and demonstrated it wasn't too slow, to shut him up.[1]
[1] http://windowsitpro.com/windows-server/did-microsoft-shut-do...