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Microsoft maintains dominance, at least partially, by backwards comparability. It would be hugely risky to break that. Also, why? What would the benefit be to M
by etempleton 5y ago
Microsoft maintains dominance, at least partially, by backwards comparability. It would be hugely risky to break that. Also, why? What would the benefit be to Microsoft the corporation? By doing this they would only open the door to competition while simultaneously giving up control of their own kernel.
- qsort 5y agoBecause eventually the costs might offset the benefits. I'm not holding my breath -- they're going to milk Windows until the bitter end, that's for sure. But never is a long time, even more so in a world where Windows on the server is such a joke not even MS believes in it and consumer products are tablets and smartphones, not desktops and laptops.
- bachmeier 5y agoI'd ask "why" in the other direction. The benefit MS derives from Windows at this point is $0 per year. What still has a ton of value in 2021 is Windows compatibility, and they don't need the distraction of maintaining a full OS for that. Maybe it's easier to maintain compatibility by maintaining their own OS. There's clearly a benefit to giving it up though.