Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!nntp.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: John Ames Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: Protocol constraints shaping communities Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2026 08:21:06 -0700 Organization: A place where nothing fits quite right Lines: 18 Message-ID: <20260320082106.0000747d@gmail.com> References: <10ph9kd$sksq$1@dont-email.me> <10phu21$13j6n$2@dont-email.me> <10pi73g$16837$1@dont-email.me> <10pi788$16kqf$3@dont-email.me> <10pibif$17mhq$1@dont-email.me> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Injection-Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2026 15:21:11 +0000 (UTC) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="67695adf87b1edcd328585ab1c5e8fd6"; logging-data="1702738"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18aSO6Cew7Bu4/LwIt7LKYpIrilo3M8XTU=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:m9W1mmi/ZiAfbudXySzolLPCbp4= X-Newsreader: Claws Mail 4.3.0 (GTK 3.24.42; x86_64-w64-mingw32) Xref: csiph.com alt.folklore.computers:234271 On Fri, 20 Mar 2026 02:31:43 -0000 (UTC) Lawrence D=E2=80=99Oliveiro wrote: > Which begs the question: what happened to those APIs when it came time > to create WSL? Why wasn=E2=80=99t it built on the same sort of foundation? >=20 > My guess is, those extensibility APIs had bitrotted away in the > meantime, so it was no longer possible to create such an alternative > =E2=80=9Cpersonality=E2=80=9D on top of the core NT kernel any more. Seems likely, but I'd love to see a writeup on it; unfortunately, since Satya gave everyone experienced/competent their pink slips years ago, I doubt there's anyone left to write it. "Personalities" always seemed like a bit of a doomed exercise, but an interesting idea on paper; shame that almost nobody even tried to make use of them, but I wonder if that doesn't say something right there.