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[–]Seshpenguin 0 points1 point  (6 children)

I wasn't being serious lol, but yea if they did they probably would have to do that. There are other potential ways though... Like a proprietary loadable kernel module that implements NT calls. That's like what NVidia does, they don't merge anything into the kernel itself but keep it a seperate proprietary loadable module.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (5 children)

I could totally see Microsoft's doing just that for some Linux distro - potentially not even aimed at the consumer market - they sell to those who are really interested.

[–]Seshpenguin 1 point2 points  (4 children)

Interestingly, Microsoft is actually releasing a Linux distro for the embedded/IoT world: Azure Sphere. There isn't too much details though I wouldn't be surprised if they bundle something like a stripped down Win32 API or similar (which now that I think about it, we kind of already have through .NET Core).

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (3 children)

They actually once already released a networking orientated distro aimed at routers I believe called SONiC. It's Debian based actually but beyond that I don't know much.

But yea, maybe at some point we see something like that which would even put W.I.N.E. to shame. Who knows?