0
Anonymous Posted 7 years ago
Grammar

Such systems evolve over long periods of time

Does "such systems evolve over long periods of time" mean that Windows 95/98/Me evolve over long periods of time and eventually Windows NT/2000/XP/Vista/Windows 7 was invented?


"It should be clear now why operating systems live a long time—they are very hard to write, and having written one, the owner is loath to throw it out and start again. Instead, such systems evolve over long periods of time. Windows 95/98/Me was basically one operating system and Windows NT/2000/XP/Vista/Windows 7 is a different one. They look similar to the users because Microsoft made very sure that the user interface of Windows 2000/XP/Vista/Windows 7 was quite similar to that of the system it was replacing, mostly Windows 98."

  

Top answer

anonymous Does "such systems evolve over long periods of time" mean that Windows 95/98/Me evolve over long periods of time and eventually Windows NT/2000/XP/Vista/Windows 7 was invented? Not really. "such systems evolve over long periods of time" means operating systems ( all operating systems) develop slowly.

— CalifJim

  • anonymous Does "such systems evolve over long periods of time" mean that Windows 95/98/Me evolve over long periods of time and eventually Windows NT/2000/XP/Vista/Windows 7 was invented?
  • Not really.
  • "such systems evolve over long periods of time" means operating systems ( all operating systems) develop slowly.
  • Just the words "such systems evolve over long periods of time" say nothing about specific operating systems like Windows 95 or Windows XP or any of those.
  • It is only the rest of the text that expands on the idea that "such systems evolve over long periods of time".
Free · every Monday

Get the Weekly English Kit 📬

New words, one handy idiom, and a 2-minute quiz — delivered to your inbox to keep your streak alive.

2 Answers
0
anonymousDoes "such systems evolve over long periods of time" mean that Windows 95/98/Me evolve over long periods of time and eventually Windows NT/2000/XP/Vista/Windows 7 was invented?

Not really. "such systems evolve over long periods of time" means operating systems (all operating systems) develop slowly. Just the words "such systems evolve over

0
0

Note that David Cutler was the architect of Windows NT. He came to Microsoft from Digital Equipment Company (DEC) where he had been one of the designers of their minicomputer operating system, VAX / VMS.

0

Related Questions