The two largest open source projects, Linux and
Mozilla, both total maybe
3-4 million lines of code. It's estimated that there are anywhere from 5 to
50 million lines of code in Windows.
The way to fix windows ISN"T to play with the existing code, its to
"maybe"
document the user interface and program API, then start from the best
kernal model you can find for expected hardware and build on that. Wait a
minute, thats linux, never mind.