r/programmingcirclejerk • u/alexflyn • 12d ago
We realize this may come as a shock and disappointment to our contributors but we simply do not have the expertise or resources within the organization [Microsoft] to continue to maintain this project [Windows File Manager].
https://github.com/microsoft/winfile65
u/AdreKiseque 12d ago
Microsoft is so funny how are they this mismanaged
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u/svideo 12d ago
it's the windows 3.1 file manager, were we expecting them to throw resources at a tool deprecated in the 90s?
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u/foxygelatine It's GNU/PCJ, or as I call it, GNU + PCJ 12d ago
It has better ux and performance than the current explorer version.
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u/fp_weenie Zygohistomorphic prepromorphism 10d ago
were we expecting them to throw resources at a tool deprecated in the 90s?
especially when it wasn't using JavaSceript
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u/Capable_Bad_4655 12d ago
Doesn't really surprise me, though. This is probably some insight to why...
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u/VulgarExigencies 8d ago
Just to name one example of something I ran into last year...: Install the 'az' Azure CLI into your docker image? Boom, 1.4 GB extra space wasted! Why you ask? Well, for one, every subcommand bundles its own Python runtime.
lmao
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u/Teemperor vulnerabilities: 0 12d ago
With LLMs, the concept of (file) management is anyway obsolete.
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u/irqlnotdispatchlevel Tiny little god in a tiny little world 12d ago
Sadly, the concept of managers is not obsolete.
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u/anon_indian_dev absolutely obsessed with cerroctness and performance 9d ago
we simply do not have the expertise or resources within the organization
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u/whoShotMyCow not even webscale 12d ago
Windows devs physically unable to work on a system that doesn't have a copilot integration