The Free Software Foundation has sent an empty hard drive to Microsoft to copy the source code of Windows 7
Every Linux enthusiast owes a debt of gratitude to the Free Software Foundation. However, we've all encountered problems trying to use Windows programs, and sometimes Wine simply won't run them. These issues would be resolved if the Windows source code were made public via the hard drive provided by the SFS.
If the Windows 7 code were released, the Free Software Foundation would be happy, but it would be the best news the ReacOs development team has ever heard. ReactOs is a free operating system, it is not based on Unix, therefore it is not Linux. But this OS tries to be compatible with all Windows programs.
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Microsoft's statement that it loves free code raised more than one eyebrow. That is why the FSF asks you to prove it by making Windows 7 open source. Something will happen next that will surprise you all, Microsoft has not responded to the FSF. And apparently he has no intention of answering them either.
You have to understand that releasing the Windows 7 code implies releasing a large part of the Windows 10 code. This is because even though Windows 7 used the Kernel NT 6.1 and Windows 10 the NT 10, both share a large amount of code. , since they are based on 5.1.
The FSF knew perfectly well that Microsoft was not going to send it the source code. But by doing this, you will become more known, and the more people who know you, the more likely there are investors. The FSF knows that if it wants to achieve full compatibility in programs and games, it has to come from developers and not from adapting tools.
The null compatibility that some Windows programs have on any GNU / Linux distribution is due to the fact that developers use libraries that only work on Windows. We can see the example of DirectX, which is an API for graphics that only works in Windows, and in Linux they have to translate the calls to be able to understand them.
Source: Softpedia
Here are the true intentions of microsoft with linux, I think all linuxers or suspects this love of linux at least. I did not trust microsoft for a long time, and even less I believe that both microsoft and intel did not know about specter & meltdown. Everything is kind of weird when we see things not in the future if not the events that occurred eg. Mantle onwards.
I said it before and I repeat it amd, then intel and I stake my head on nvidia. Do not know that where Microsoft approaches you rot badly.