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Re:The Linux kernel hidden inside Windows 10 by criddell on Friday August 05, 2016 @06:38PM (#12236166)
> Had they shipped Astoria in Windows 10 to allow Android apps to "just work" it would have destroyed their UWP strategy.

Kind of like how OS/2 support of Windows applications helped destroy it?

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Re:The Linux kernel hidden inside Windows 10 by yuhong on Friday August 05, 2016 @07:11PM (#12236296)
The OS/2 2.0 fiasco is a lot more complex than this.
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Re:The Linux kernel hidden inside Windows 10 by rbanffy on Saturday August 06, 2016 @05:47AM (#12237612)
Yes, but being able to run Windows 3.1 apps on it, with Windows 3.1 look and feel, at a higher price than OS/2 (or Windows) alone sure didn't help it.
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Re:The Linux kernel hidden inside Windows 10 by yuhong on Saturday August 06, 2016 @12:27PM (#12238663)
You know that MS did the old OS/2 2.0 SDK betas from 1990, right?
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Re:The Linux kernel hidden inside Windows 10 by MichaelMoser123 on Saturday August 06, 2016 @12:31PM (#12238682)
as far as i remember: the PC of the day was just too slow for OS/2 warp, and it didn't support the varied hardware of the day; am i wrong?
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Re:The Linux kernel hidden inside Windows 10 by yuhong on Saturday August 06, 2016 @12:55PM (#12238796)
Yes, there is much more history to this fiasco than just this.
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