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The debugging tools and symbols are mostly available, but that we can't verify why these bugs happen or fix them is down to the closed-source nature of Windows,
by delta_p_delta_x 4y ago
The debugging tools and symbols are mostly available, but that we can't verify why these bugs happen or fix them is down to the closed-source nature of Windows, then, isn't it?
Another pipe dream to add to the pile: open-source Windows.
- LelouBil 4y agoI am 100% sure it will happen someday.
- ptx 4y agoIt's been in the process of happening, albeit very slowly, since 1996: https://reactos.org/ https://reactos.org/
- delta_p_delta_x 4y agoI've heard of ReactOS, and it's not what I meant—the 'pipe dream' was Microsoft itself open-sourcing Windows and all its components, from the NT kernel to every single tiny program in Windows, like the various MMC plug-ins, Aero shell, Explorer, Task Manager, etc. It's highly unlikely, ergo 'pipe dream'.
- LelouBil 4y agoThe new terminal, and more importantly conhost [0] are open sourced, that's why I believe some day far in the future it will happen. [0] https://github.com/microsoft/terminal https://github.com/microsoft/terminal