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What would adopting a Linux kernel solve? Nothing. Problem here is not the NT Kernel, the problem is user space. So building everything on top of the Linux ke
by tored 5y ago
What would adopting a Linux kernel solve? Nothing.
Problem here is not the NT Kernel, the problem is user space.
So building everything on top of the Linux kernel would end up in the exact same position as before because the need of backwards compatibility, this would cost money with no benefit.
And the thing is they have already integrated Linux with WSL2 and can now run Linux desktop applications anyway.
Rebuilding Windows seems unlikely because there is no money in building operating systems, meaning for every operating system you build you need to maintain it indefinitely without getting paid for it.
What Microsoft need to do is to find a new market for their products. With a new market you can package Windows (or whatever) to fit that market specifically.
- jpalomaki 5y agoOne question likely is if backward compatibility is a must-have feature or if you can figure out different ways to achieve it. Like could you run the legacy apps in some virtualized environment. Windows used to be The platform you would use to run the apps developed with Microsoft technologies. Not sure about trends at large, but personally I would likely just go with Linux if I was creating something new with .net. Last year the rumours said Microsoft was planning to launch Windows 10X without immediate support for Win32. https://www.thurrott.com/windows/windows-10x/238014/windows-10x-delayed-to-2021-loses-win32-support https://www.thurrott.com/windows/windows-10x/238014/windows-...