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Re:Initial preview of GUI app support for the Windows Subsys... by cptskippy on Wednesday April 21, 2021 @06:59PM (#26896458)
> Embrace/Neutralise/Replace

I haven't really seen that, as a primarily Windows Dev all the moves they are making are to encourage you to use Linux over Windows for backend work.

Hell, they own Windows but for some reason App Services targeting Windows are more expensive than Linux on Azure. It's almost as if they want us off Windows.

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Re:Initial preview of GUI app support for the Windows Subsys... by andyferris on Thursday April 22, 2021 @12:55AM (#26898881)
That’s a competition law thing.

They charge AWS the right to use Windows - so Azure also needs to markup by a similar price, otherwise they would fall foul of antitrust regulations. It’s not legal to give Windows away for free on Azure but not AWS/GCP/anyone else who wants to rent a computer from their garage (I.e. essentially making Windows Server free-as-in-beer).

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Re:Initial preview of GUI app support for the Windows Subsys... by GoOnThenDoTell on Wednesday April 21, 2021 @11:29PM (#26898404)
Maybe they do, windows costs money to enhance/secure/optimise/etc

Could be easier for just make Linux do the hard lifting and put a Microsoft layer on top

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