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Microsoft: Windows 11 Still Runs on 1990s Code

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Microsoft's Azure CTO admitted that Windows 11 still runs on Win32, a core software layer built in the 1990s — something nobody predicted would last this long. Despite attempts to replace it, millions of apps still depend on it, so Microsoft is now modernizing around it rather than eliminating it entirely.

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