Re:Windows Subsystem for Linux 2 Moving into General Availab...
by m463 on Wednesday April 15, 2020 @08:44AM
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> Clearly the best solution is for Microsoft
I wonder about the bigger part of this question.
What are the higher-ups saying?
I wonder if this is like the IBM PC, which was a GOOD THING invented by a sort of an offshoot of IBM culture. Then IBM higher-ups stepped in and tried to control the platform (PS/2, OS/2, microchannel, etc)
WSL is attracting people to windows. But the endgame isn't to lose them to linux. So they have to tie it into windows more. But if they make it too slow and bloated they might lose.
I wonder about the bigger part of this question.
What are the higher-ups saying?
I wonder if this is like the IBM PC, which was a GOOD THING invented by a sort of an offshoot of IBM culture. Then IBM higher-ups stepped in and tried to control the platform (PS/2, OS/2, microchannel, etc)
WSL is attracting people to windows. But the endgame isn't to lose them to linux. So they have to tie it into windows more. But if they make it too slow and bloated they might lose.
an interesting situation.