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574 Microsoft CTO confesses that 30-year-old code from the mid-90s still forms the bedrock of Windows 11 — ancient Win32 API still the backbone, but CTO says it's 'more relevant than ever in 2026'

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Tom's Hardware · 05/08/2026 08:54 EDT

Microsoft CTO confesses that 30-year-old code from the mid-90s still forms the bedrock of Windows 11 — ancient Win32 API still the backbone, but CTO says it's 'more relevant than ever in 2026'

A top Microsoft exec has admitted that Windows 11 still relies on a bunch of old code from the 1990s.

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