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Re:Microsoft is going to ship a full Linux kernel in Windows 10 by mixmastamyk on Tuesday May 07, 2019 @12:30AM (#19846599)
No one would have guessed a few years back that Apple would be running on risc chips, then Unix, then x86, then... Or Amazon becoming the leading internet infrastructure provider. Or MS dumping their browser for Chrome, or ten other very surprising things they’ve done lately.

Don’t underestimate what new leadership who have no nostalgia towards Windows, but want to save money to pay themselves bonuses might do.

Re:Microsoft is going to ship a full Linux kernel in Windows 10 by NikkiA on Tuesday May 07, 2019 @12:46PM (#19851154)
> No one would have guessed a few years back that Apple would be running on risc chips

Just how far back are you talking? Because around 1988 most people were suspecting that apple would migrate to the 88000 at some point in the near future. And by the time it was obvious to apple users and (3rd party) developers that the 88000 was going nowhere fast, AIM had happened.

Re:Microsoft is going to ship a full Linux kernel in Windows 10 by mixmastamyk on Tuesday May 07, 2019 @07:29PM (#19854428)
When I started out in the 90s there were cisc wintel PCs, cisc macs, and risc/unix workstations like Sun. The idea that Apple would be selling a risc/unix workstation would been laughed at. And of course that didn't last long, they blew everyones minds again by switching to Intel a few years later.
Re:Microsoft is going to ship a full Linux kernel in Windows 10 by orodley on Tuesday May 07, 2019 @01:48AM (#19846942)
The fact that surprising things have happened in the past isn't evidence for a particular surprising thing happening in the future.
Re:Microsoft is going to ship a full Linux kernel in Windows 10 by mixmastamyk on Tuesday May 07, 2019 @02:16AM (#19847027)
Who’s looking for evidence? It’s a call to open your mind.