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> Microsoft has publicly stated that Windows 10 will be the last product in the Windows line. This may be because: 1. Cloud is where the money is. 2. Main
by pksadiq 9y ago
> Microsoft has publicly stated that Windows 10 will be the last product in the Windows line.
This may be because:
1. Cloud is where the money is.
2. Maintaining an OS is a lot of burden (Hardware drivers,
patents, tie ups with several hardware/software vendors,
developer cost, and so on)
So the simple thing they can consider is to ditch the OS, and develop platform independent solutions. Gradually this will (hopefully) happen.
Releasing the OS source will be too much costly (cleaning back doors, lots of code smell, and so on). This will cause too many people vulnerable to attacks. And that can't happen.
So no, Windows won't go open source.