Comment by vivzkestrel

18 days ago

https://gamesbymason.com/blog/2026/microsoft/

Prediction: Microsoft Is Going To Do The Funniest Thing Imaginable this guy called it loooong back

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futune  17 days ago

I remember a reading a similar prediction from several years ago, too, with more or less the same reasons. If I'm able to dig it up, I'll post a link.

It does make complete sense, doesn't it?...

  • doubled112  17 days ago

    There were a bunch of jokes about Windows being the most popular Linux desktop environment when WSL was released too.

giancarlostoro  17 days ago

The logic reminds me of what happened to Edge, it became a Chromium fork. If Windows starts using Linux, and they just make a better rendition of "WINE" it could be really interesting.

People will hate me for saying this, but if in fact Microsoft rolled their own distribution, it would mean a lot of Microsoft $$$ goes into developing, maintaining and hardening the kernel, with Linus Torvalds gatekeeping the changes.