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by pjmlp 36 days ago
MinWin was a kernel refactoring mostly, still during Windows 7 days.

Missed the parts about the multiple reboots of the WinRT API surface between 8, 8.1 and 10.

The deprecation of .NET Native and C++/CX, replaced by tooling without feature parity to this day.

The set of Win32 APIs not available in UWP, even after the 8 and 8.1 (UAP) reboots.

WinUI 2.0 features not yet available on WinUI 3.0.

The pivot from Project Reunion, that six years later hasn't yet delivered on the goals from the BUILD 2020 announcement.

Microsoft is its worst enemy when it turns the hardest advocates in tale tellers from past wars.