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Say they did re-write Windows from scratch removing all the legacy and kept current windows in deprecation mode would they build a POSIX style system? Should th
by gigatexal 7y ago
Say they did re-write Windows from scratch removing all the legacy and kept current windows in deprecation mode would they build a POSIX style system? Should they do a Linux derivative? Rewrite the whole thing in Rust? C#? Something else? Say a micro kernel?
- dredmorbius 7y agoNora, Witch of Cyberspace (@tyndal@cybre.space on Mastodon) has a prretty good response to this, thread beginning: I guess I'm going on a rant again. Strap in. People who make fun of #Linux users who don't appreciate #Microsoft's recent embracing of Linux on cloud and desktop are missing the point in a very disheartening way. We don't want Linux, we want a #FreeDesktop.... https://cybre.space/@tindall/103286644278931197 https://cybre.space/@tindall/103286644278931197 Her points are strongly held by others, and I suspect fairly widely shared.