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I remember reading a book where someone at apple said "Why can't macos just execute windows .exe files?"

Although this person was technically qualified to ask this question, the important point was there was enough power for people to take pause and consider it.



Why not consider it? How much benefit would it offer? What would it take?

Consider these: why cant a rocket be reused? Why cant it just land? Why cant we just invent a new material?

"What if we just...?" Can be absurd, but it can be worth confirming that.


As a technical person you are thinking about the problem. That's why I love being technical.

In a power structure it is more complicated. "Why can't a rocket be reused?" Well, Elon Musk is a technical person with power so not only can it happen, everyone will get behind it.

On the other hand, why should my car HAVE to be internet connected if I don't want it? (or have a proper dashboard in front of me instead of the side?)


And the answer is https://www.winehq.org/

Depending on if you like the answer, millions of man hours for a shaky ability to run windows .exe might cause the question to be reconsidered.




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