Re:Embrace, Extend, and Extinguish
by pritambaral on Wednesday May 20, 2020 @07:56PM
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> Now you can use acceleration for ML under WSL.
Using libdxd12.so, which is closed source and works only under WSL.
> They are not changing Linux.
They are literally asking the Linux kernel to pull in their changes to add a proxy to Windows's device driver model to the Linux kernel. No changes to Windows; all changes to Linux.
> They are adding something to Windows.
Windows already has DirectX, so no, they are not adding something to Windows.
> Why are you all so threatened all the time?
Because MS has a proven track-record of screwing others over. It is only wise to heed a potential threat.
Using libdxd12.so, which is closed source and works only under WSL.
> They are not changing Linux.
They are literally asking the Linux kernel to pull in their changes to add a proxy to Windows's device driver model to the Linux kernel. No changes to Windows; all changes to Linux.
> They are adding something to Windows.
Windows already has DirectX, so no, they are not adding something to Windows.
> Why are you all so threatened all the time?
Because MS has a proven track-record of screwing others over. It is only wise to heed a potential threat.