Linus, the father of Linux, explains why the Windows 5 release of the thumbs up

Linux founder Linus Torvalds recently accepted an interview with the US "Computer World". He mentioned that although the release of Windows Vista has caused Microsoft to suffer a huge blow, the release of Windows7 may bring a rebirth of the Microsoft operating system. He said that Windows 7 is better than Vista, and when people compare it to Vista, they will feel great progress, so that "angels can sing again." This scenario is exactly the same as Windows 95's epoch-making replacement for Windows 3.1.

Torvalds even believes that this may be a deliberate move by Microsoft to create a psychological gap.

Given the long lifecycle of Windows products, such a move is likely to be an adventure, and Torvalds believes that even if it was planned to use a two-year cycle, it would be too long. He believes that implementing a change should break the tight integration of the operating system and the application, and launch the product as soon as possible. He said that for Linux, the six-month cycle is already very compact, and there may be a part of the work that is not working properly, but to get a whole big change, a one-year cycle is more appropriate.

Torvalds believes that Microsoft wants to carry out software leasing business, but with Microsoft's current development cycle of more than five years, users probably won't buy it. So many changes need to be adapted, and the pain may be far more than the cost of updating the software. He said that this may be the reason people are not willing to upgrade.