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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Linux 6.11
Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2024 06:36:09 -0000 (UTC)
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On Sun, 20 Oct 2024 22:10:42 -0400, Joel wrote:

> Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
> 
>>> ... in the time of Win7 where he demonstrates MinWin ...
>>
>>Ah, MinWin. Whatever happened to that? A failed attempt to try and
>>produce a cut down Windows-based core with the efficiency of Linux ...
> 
> It was more of a concept thing, not really useful for much.

A botched PR attempt at trying to associate the words “svelte” and 
“Windows” in people’s minds.

Wasn’t this around the time of the netbooks? Where Microsoft had to eat 
humble pie and postpone the demise of XP, just so it could try to oust 
Linux from the market.