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> If anything, offering RISC-V support as well would further reinforce the idea that Windows is ISA-independent, and not tied to x86 anymore.

Anymore? It’s been independent since the 90s. It’s only ISVs that have been an issue.

And a rug pull is a fantastic way to scare all the ISVs far far away.

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You sure? Microsoft dropped Alpha, MIPS, and PowerPC by the time Windows 2000 rolled around. Beyond that point, only the Xbox 360 and Itanium versions had anything different to the usual X86/64 offering.

While there was only one popular choice, they’ve always kept it flexible. That was a core design decision.

But, as an example, Windows Phone 8 and later were based on the NT kernel. You already mentioned the 360.

Whose's rug would even be pulled?

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