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this post was submitted on 08 Nov 2023
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I hope for Microsoft to just give up and build a new "windows“ which is just an other Linux distro xD
Ducking windows can’t even clone the Linux kernel right now
IIRC Microsoft’s woes in the ARM space is two-fold. First is the crushing legacy compatibility and inability to muster developers around anything newer than win32, and second was signing a deal to make Qualcomm the exclusive ARM processors for Windows for who knows how long.
Deal is going to expire in 2024!
That'd be based, but I don't think there's anything in that for them.
They're a platform company that provides services. They could build proprietary services on top of a Linux distro. Basically the same as they're doing now with Edge.
Well, I’m sure they find a way.
They'll probably sooner embrace-extend-extinguish Linux with WSL