You're absolutely right with an API/ABI with the size and complexity of Win32 there is a risk to have compatibility challenges. Just like WSL v1 and gVisor, as

You're absolutely right with an API/ABI with the size and complexity of Win32 there is a risk to have compatibility challenges. Just like WSL v1 and gVisor, as re-implementations of Linux syscalls and subsystems. To me, well designed web services are more intrinsically decoupled compared to general purpose operating system runtimes or SQL implementations. As for when and why a group of people decide to exit various relationships, I've personally observed that sometimes cost and practicality is not evaluated completely by decision makers [1], despite various clear economic benefits of remaining. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brexit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brexit