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Post #1750811

2025-12-25 00:17 UTC

Honestly, Microsoft should just take the L, develop Windows 12 based on a Linux kernel, and re-write most of their stuff from scratch. After focusing on backwards-compatibility for 40 years, they're allowed a new start, to fix all the rotten code they inherited from the 1980's.

Replies (7)

  • That would make a lot of sense, which is why they are going to do something else.

    Open ##1750865

  • @darkevilmac@lemmy.zip 2025-12-25 00:46

    It seems like the actual windows kernel isn't that bad, it's mainly all the stuff on top of it at this point that is killing the OS

    Open ##1750866

  • @underscores@lemmy.zip 2025-12-25 06:00

    Oh, God I would hate that. I don't want microshit software to become a standard in Linux. What Microsoft needs to do is keep pushing AI as much as possible until it burns itself to the ground.

    Open ##1750867

  • @spongebue@lemmy.world 2025-12-25 00:25

    Shit, with the way computer horsepower has improved over the years, how hard can it be to add a legacy Windows emulator or whatever WINE is, especially when you have the original source code available?

    Open ##1750868

  • @ark3@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2025-12-25 00:49

    A man can wish but they would never do that because of GPL and thus having to also open source anything built-in/in-top by them (afaik?)

    Open ##1750869

  • @explodicle@sh.itjust.works 2025-12-25 19:59

    Compatability is the only reason to use Windows anymore. If they had to compete for best distribution, then they'd rapidly lose customers.

    Open ##1750870

  • @neon_nova@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2025-12-25 04:12

    I remember that rumor for windows 11, I was really hopeful. I don’t think they really make money in windows itself. Why don’t they just come to linux and sell their server stuff there to keep people in that ecosystem?

    Open ##1750873