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I suspect in 20 years Windows will be a Linux distribution with a compatibility layer.

• kristianp 5mo ago
  People say that kind of thing on HN every now and then. I have no idea why this idea is around, it's a complete fantasy in my opinion. I say this as someone who mostly uses Linux.
  • sgbeal 5mo ago
    > I have no idea why this idea is around, To the best of my fallible knowledge, the notion was first popularized via <http://esr.ibiblio.org/?p=8764 http://esr.ibiblio.org/?p=8764>.
    • kristianp 5mo ago
      Thanks for the link, interesting that it was written in 2020. It doesn't take into account the fact that Office has never been ported to Linux. Many versions can be run on Wine of course.