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Windows 11 adds native support for RAR, 7-Zip, Tar and other archive formats thanks to open-source library (www.techspot.com)

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Windows 11 adds native support for RAR, 7-Zip, Tar and other archive formats thanks to open-source library::undefined

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[–] WuTang@lemmy.ninja 50 points 10 months ago (4 children)

Microsoft loves opensource. :P

While still using proprietary API and proprietary specs for hardware... you know the thing that gets in the way of FOSS operating systems.

[–] lieuwestra@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago

Microsoft loves Azure, anything else is there to draw people in.

[–] mindlight@lemm.ee 5 points 10 months ago

Like Google and pretty much every other tech giant.

Google are extremely keen on supporting open source when it hits their competitors but when it's about their own business they pretty much avoids ot. They took Linux and created Android... they the practically locked it down by moving more and more essentials into Play Services... which by some of reason isn't open source.

[–] RoyaltyInTraining@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

Translation: Microsoft loves using code that other people wrote for free

[–] TheBat@lemmy.world 5 points 10 months ago

Embrace, extend, extinguish