> I so badly wish they'd open-source Windows. It wasn't bad enough that they refuse to fix obviously bad code, but they also don't allow the very many talented performance engineers submit PRs that would do in a month what they couldn't get done in years.
Being open-source wouldn't fix things like that.
It'll be just like Gnome: PRs that fix UI gaffes wouldn't be accepted because "The Developers Know Better!"
Of course [1]! How would they give consistent, cleanly designed UI. I find the UX/UI much more cohesive than Windows' where some apps look like flat boxes (metro UI), others look like classic Windows.
You thought open-source means there'd be no design and they'd only jam code, while designing and architecturing is only for proprietary projects within ivy towered castles?
Being open-source wouldn't fix things like that.
It'll be just like Gnome: PRs that fix UI gaffes wouldn't be accepted because "The Developers Know Better!"