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In case you've ever wondered why the Windows control panel was so awful...(lemmy.world)

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xyguy@startrek.website
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Honestly, it seems like it would be easier to contribute Dev time to WINE and just start all over with a new incompatible version of Windows.

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UndercoverUlrikHD@programming.dev
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Windows/Microsoft’s biggest selling point is the backwards compatibility though. It has been the corner stone of their software development.

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reddig33@lemmy.world
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The point being you build something new and run the crusty compatible stuff in a sort of “virtual machine”.

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Right. Just make a super super good compatibility layer so whatever you have next will be compatible and give up on Windows proper. They can call it Windows 360.

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