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I don't know why anyone would think it is impossible, but it would take significant money and time to do it and it is unclear what benefit there would be except
by meddlepal 7y ago
I don't know why anyone would think it is impossible, but it would take significant money and time to do it and it is unclear what benefit there would be except some small good will gained from developers that care about the FSF mission.
- bubblethink 7y ago>it is unclear what benefit there would be You can run windows software elsewhere. What more do you need ?
- arthurcolle 7y agoThe source code.
- nvrspyx 7y agoWhich you would have if it was open source. I don't understand your point.
- wyldfire 7y agoI think the benefit is unclear but it's almost certainly not limited to good will. There's lots of developers who are working on products targeting Windows today (for momentum, their customer's requirements, etc). Those devs encounter Windows bugs and generally workaround them. But if instead they could patch them and/or provide patches upstream, it would be a huge benefit to them and likely some benefit to Microsoft as well.
- Crinus 7y agoI know one of the first things i'd do if i had the code would be to improve the practically abandoned MDIClient. The second would be to bring classic theme back :-P
- cameronbrown 7y agoIf Windows was open sourced it'd easily reach mainstream media awareness.