As others have said they can’t because it’s a security and a copycat risk. But even if they somehow could without those risks. They wouldn’t because it would take revenue from current versions (10/11) which are ad-supported and have the Microsoft store built in and encouraged. It’s much more likely to become a completely free OS rather than open.
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Reply to Should Microsoft open source older versions of Windows!?!? by odilasa
As others have said they can’t because it’s a security and a copycat risk. But even if they somehow could without those risks. They wouldn’t because it would take revenue from current versions (10/11) which are ad-supported and have the Microsoft store built in and encouraged. It’s much more likely to become a completely free OS rather than open.