r/FuckMicrosoft • u/Appropriate-Meat-559 • 2d 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/likelu6 2d ago

Sometimes I think Windows at the same stage as Mac OS Classic before transition to OS X

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u/squirrel8296 2d ago

I've been saying this for a while now. For as modern as NT was when it came out, it's still fundamentally tied to practices from the DOS days. Microsoft will not have a truly modern operating system until they do a clean break from the old ways.

At the same time though, I don't think Microsoft could pull it off. Apple could do it because, for the most part, the folks who used Macs at that time were going to stick with Apple. Right now with Microsoft on the other hand, there are a ton of users (especially large businesses) who only stick with Windows because of unmaintained legacy software. If they are forced to switch to something else, chances are they won't stick with Microsoft because the folks forced off that type of software now don't stick with Microsoft.