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One day they'll replace the kernel with Linux and nobody notices

• alpb 3y ago
  Unlikely. Windows is all about compatibility and that includes all the weird things accumulated in windows over the decades. There is not a real incentive to change this. Think of all the gamers, custom hardware like ATMs and commercial terminals that run on Windows. That’s a huge market.
  • denysvitali 3y ago
    Linux + Wine
  • herbst 3y ago
    Old windows software often runs better or only with Wine instead of recent windows versions. So if they want to keep their 'compatibility' long term, they have no choice but to to include (or worse, fork) wine.
    • TheLoafOfBread 3y ago
      Unless it touches hardware.
      • herbst 3y ago
        It depends. I would argue getting an old scanner or printer running with no current driver is definitely much easier on Linux as well. I am not into Windows enough to have any other examples :)