Chime in: Should Microsoft open source Windows Mobile?

It's hard to let go of the things you dear, and in the example of Windows on phones, for some it'southward harder than others. Many of us have already moved on, many are still actively using and enjoying their Lumia, Aristocracy x3 or Alcatel Idol 4S.

In the example of our latest forums discussion, what if the mobile role of Windows was open sourced?

AgentTheGreat
02-26-2018 01:38 PM

EDIT: This poll is about making Windows Phone 8.1 (even partly) open up source, and is not nearly Windows 10 Mobile considering obviously that would be impossible due to so much shared code between Windows x and Windows 10 Mobile. Hi guys. I have been around on Windows Fundamental for a relatively long fourth dimension, and I watched as the platform slowly went to its grave stride by step, by and large because of...
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Allow'south be clear: This is basically an impossibility. Windows ten Mobile is built on the aforementioned platform as Windows on the PC, and there is a ton of lawmaking in in that location that Microsoft wouldn't ever send to the open source community. It isn't like Android, where AOSP is just the bones bits and the Android you lot meet on a phone is built on top.

Windows is entirely proprietary and beyond the unlikely nature, you'd also need someone to do something with information technology. No phone manufacturers have shown much interest to this signal and it's a lilliputian tough to imagine a fan in their basement making serious strides forward.

Nevertheless, one tin can dream. If you share the dream, think it's utterly absurd or anywhere in between, hit the forums thread beneath and join the conversation.

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