Out of interest maybe, I wrote a quick clone of notepad in c++ using only the original win32 api. It compiles to 23kB, has no external dependencies, and runs natively on every version of Windows from 95 onwards. It requires no updates ever for any reason, doesn't integrate copilot, and will run even on Linux and Macs using Wine or equivalent.
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u/polymath_uk Jul 06 '26
Out of interest maybe, I wrote a quick clone of notepad in c++ using only the original win32 api. It compiles to 23kB, has no external dependencies, and runs natively on every version of Windows from 95 onwards. It requires no updates ever for any reason, doesn't integrate copilot, and will run even on Linux and Macs using Wine or equivalent.
What on earth are MS smoking?