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Re:IBM acquires Red Hat by voltagex_ on Sunday October 28, 2018 @11:08PM (#18324773)
Windows < 10/1809 compatibility, ability to ship standalone applications, force of habit, need for something WSL doesn't support.

Ironically, Cygwin might be closer to "native" than WSL is in some cases.

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Re:IBM acquires Red Hat by chx on Monday October 29, 2018 @02:30AM (#18325444)
> need for something WSL doesn't support.

Like what...?

> Ironically, Cygwin might be closer to "native" than WSL is in some cases.

Which cases...?

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Re:IBM acquires Red Hat by Nullabillity on Monday October 29, 2018 @03:40AM (#18325646)
> Like what...?

SQLite, for one. https://github.com/Microsoft/WSL/issues/2395

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