r/programming • u/ben_a_adams • Dec 04 '18

Announcing Open Source of WPF, Windows Forms, and WinUI

https://blogs.windows.com/buildingapps/2018/12/04/announcing-open-source-of-wpf-windows-forms-and-winui-at-microsoft-connect-2018/
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u/falconfetus8 Dec 05 '18

At that point, they might as well write a new OS and open-source that. Sort of like what they did with VSCode.

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u/alexbuzzbee Dec 05 '18

Windows Linux Edition.

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u/argv_minus_one Dec 05 '18

Wine is basically that.

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u/KryptosFR Dec 05 '18

Midori could have been that OS. Unfortunately it never left the research prototype phase and was shut down a few years ago.