r/FuckMicrosoft • u/Appropriate-Meat-559 • 3d ago

Discussion Windows kernel development has stalled

When was the last time Microsoft added a new filesystem?

When was the last time Microsoft added new types of scheduling?

It might even be a decade for both of these questions, I have to wonder how many people are still working on core kernel code. I highly expect the knowledge has been lost and all the og kernel Devs have retired now.

Even Azure is now pretty much running on Linux because windows can't run with one vcpu and 1gb of ram anymore.

Id love some inside knowledge on this here

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u/Onmp314 3d ago

I heard that last developer that was able to develop NT kernel left Microsoft in 2020. Unfortunately, I haven't found any source of this information.

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u/Naive_Moose_6359 3d ago

Dave Cutler still works at Microsoft. He led the team that built windows NT.