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Re:Initial preview of GUI app support for the Windows Subsys... by jasonfarnon on Wednesday April 21, 2021 @06:01PM (#26895989)
Do you think there is something inherent in MS's DNA that makes it more dangerous in a position of dominance than its competitors? Where you can extrapolate from MS in 2000 to now? (In any event, I personally don't think MS when it was dominant and going through the anti-trust suit was doing much that isn't routinely done by its competitors these days.)
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Re:Initial preview of GUI app support for the Windows Subsys... by dec0dedab0de on Wednesday April 21, 2021 @06:46PM (#26896367)
Do you think there is something inherent in MS's DNA that makes it more dangerous in a position of dominance than its competitors? Where you can extrapolate from MS in 2000 to now? (In any event, I personally don't think MS when it was dominant and going through the anti-trust suit was doing much that isn't routinely done by its competitors these days.)

Microsoft is very good at making deals with management. The marketing/sales apparatus is what really sets them apart. I can imagine being forced to give up my mac because someone who is barely technical made a decision after going out to lunch and hearing that WSL solves all the reasons I would use a Mac while giving more control to the enterprise.

While that example is a stretch to match the story, it's basically the reason why all the developers where I work have to spend time migrating from our self-hosted GitLab to GitHub enterprise. BTW If anyone at GitHub is reading this, can someone pretty please add sub namespaces within the enterprise?

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Re:Initial preview of GUI app support for the Windows Subsys... by tadfisher on Wednesday April 21, 2021 @11:45PM (#26898507)
That's interesting. I raised a stink and demanded a ThinkPad with Linux after my former employer required CrowdStrike, Zscaler, and some self-service + remote-management crap on the Mac fleet.

Then they tried asking us to install CrowdStrike voluntarily on our Linux machines. I told them sure, once they ship a NixOS package for it. They never did, and the company shut down in any case.

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Re:Initial preview of GUI app support for the Windows Subsys... by distances on Thursday April 22, 2021 @03:30AM (#26899837)
Linux is a small problem with remote work, I'm currently working for a client whose VPN only supports Windows and Mac. I'm very happy about WSL in this situation, allows me to use my desktop with all the familiar tools instead of buying an expensive and underpowered Mac.

This limitation came as a surprise even to the client, they were under the impression that Linux would work fine.

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