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> They take a FreeBSD/Linux distro and add a "Windows" layer on top, ala Apple.

No. NT is a far more advanced kernel than any of the free unixes. If anything, they'll make it the other way around; a decent "linux" subsystem which can seamlessly run ELF binaries. Like FreeBSD's linux binary support. Or like coLinux, but without the overhead of virtualizing another kernel.



No, NT is not far more advanced.




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