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Dave Plummer — the veteran Windows engineer behind the Task Manager and several core components — has urged Microsoft to stop chasing flashy features and instead deliver a Windows 11 update with the focus and seriousness of Windows XP Service Pack 2: a single, sweeping release that prioritizes...

Dave Plummer — the veteran engineer who wrote Windows’ Task Manager and shipped the NT port of Space Cadet Pinball — has a blunt prescription for Windows 11: stop the feature treadmill, stop embedding more AI into the shell, and run a single, concentrated stability-and-security cycle the way...

The call from retired Microsoft engineer Dave Plummer is blunt and familiar: stop the feature treadmill, freeze new user-facing additions, and spend a release cycle fixing the platform until it behaves like a mature operating system again. Plummer — who worked on Windows XP during the team’s...