
In fact, it’s quite the opposite.Īs Raymond rightly pointed out, there are two defining moments in the history of Windows that could shape the future of Microsoft’s desktop operating system: Windows System for Linux (WSL) and porting of the Microsoft Edge web browser to Ubuntu. There are several factors why Raymond’s theory around open-source, Linux based Windows operating system in the future is far from bizarre and far-fetched.


“The economic motive is that Microsoft sheds an ever-larger fraction of its development costs as less and less has to be done in-house.” In his blog post, Raymond had this to say: Raymond believes Windows 10 will soon become an emulation layer over a Linux kernel.

Microsoft could release a Linux-based Windows operating system in the not-too-distant future, according to American software developer and open-source advocate Eric S.
