Last Phase of the Desktop Wars?

Re:Last Phase of the Desktop Wars? by dublin on Monday September 28, 2020 @12:57PM (#24618728)

But Windows lets you do things no Linux distro really can - use modern, state-of-the-art interface technologies like multitouch, pens, and dials. A Surface with WSL is about the ideal setup, with the best of both worlds.

Also, the author of this article seems ignorant of the fact that Windows' kernel internals are one of its strongest features - Cutler's NT Kernel incorporated many things he learned from building VMS, and while the shell and outer parts of Windows have often left a lot to desire, the NT (not DOS/Win9X) kernel is and always has been excellent. I don't see Windows evolving to run on a Linux kernel - that would be only viable with vast improvements/changes to the Linux kernel.

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Re:Last Phase of the Desktop Wars? by jlgaddis on Monday September 28, 2020 @01:07PM (#24618850)

> Also, the author of this article seems ignorant of the fact that Windows' kernel internals are one of its strongest features ...

I would not be surprised at all if he's ignorant of Windows' kernel internals or, really, much else about Windows.

> [...] ESR, is an American software developer, open-source software advocate, and author of the 1997 essay and 1999 book The Cathedral and the Bazaar. -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_S._Raymond

In fact, this article likely would have gained little attention were it written by anyone else.

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