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Re:Mark Russinovich: “Working towards enabling Windows drive... by SSLy on Sunday September 24, 2023 @09:38AM (#37633013)
> it was sabotaged by Synosfky and friends

Is this described anywhere in detail?

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Re:Mark Russinovich: “Working towards enabling Windows drive... by pjmlp on Sunday September 24, 2023 @01:35PM (#37635256)
Yes, basically when Longhorn started to fail to meet expectations, there were two possible ways, do what Google did with Android, push forward no matter what to make it work, or forcing a rewrite into something else, which is what WinDev ended up doing.

"What Really Happened with Vista"

https://hackernoon.com/what-really-happened-with-vista-4ca7f...

"Turning to the past to power Windows’ future: An in-depth look at WinRT"

https://arstechnica.com/features/2012/10/windows-8-and-winrt...

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