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I would think not. It finally showcases the flexibility he put in to the core of NT.


Not that "finally", Windows NT was designed specifically to support POSIX and OS/2 alongside Win32 apps and the first few versions actually shipped it.


Though WSL required more work than WSU or OS/2: they needed a new lightweight process model, for example. That's more serious internal work.


Eh, the WSL stuff avoids most of the NT subsystem style flexibility.


I interpreted that as sarcasm, actually.


He isn't known for being a fan of Unix.




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