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0 pointsdelta_p_delta_x3y ago0 comments

The debugging tools and symbols are mostly available, but that we can't verify why these bugs happen or fix them is down to the closed-source nature of Windows, then, isn't it?

Another pipe dream to add to the pile: open-source Windows.

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LelouBil3y ago

I am 100% sure it will happen someday.

ptx3y ago

It's been in the process of happening, albeit very slowly, since 1996: https://reactos.org/

delta_p_delta_xOP3y ago

I've heard of ReactOS, and it's not what I meant—the 'pipe dream' was Microsoft itself open-sourcing Windows and all its components, from the NT kernel to every single tiny program in Windows, like the various MMC plug-ins, Aero shell, Explorer, Task Manager, etc.

It's highly unlikely, ergo 'pipe dream'.

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