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		Synaesthesia on July 6, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Student gets Windows 11 running on a Windows Phone One of the reasons MS can't do this, even if they wanted to (ha ha!) is the patent encumbrance. There are so many patents in this field, it's kinda crazy.

tremon on July 6, 2021 [–]

As if MS isn't a heavyweight itself. Yes, if they wanted to, they absolutely could do this.

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