Re:DOS Subsystem for Linux
by will4274 on Saturday September 18, 2021 @02:51AM
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Apple iPhone vs iPhone for Apple. Microsoft Office vs Office for Microsoft. Google Chrome vs Chrome for Google. Corporations are reluctant to put "products" without their brand name first. And they intetpret "products" as literally anything anybody with a wallet can identify. WSL makes the list.
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Re:DOS Subsystem for Linux
by thaumasiotes on Saturday September 18, 2021 @04:11AM
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> Apple iPhone vs iPhone for Apple. Microsoft Office vs Office for Microsoft. Google Chrome vs Chrome for Google.
...none of those make any sense. Chrome isn't for Google. It's made and distributed by Google. iPhones aren't for Apple. Office isn't for Microsoft.
What were you trying to say?
I thought it was pretty clear.
Windows subsystem for Linux is a product. Just like Apple iPhone is a product. Just like Apple iCloud is a product. Nobody names their products with their company name at the end.
In fairness, the Windows Subsystem isn't for Linux either.
Re:DOS Subsystem for Linux
by thaumasiotes on Saturday September 18, 2021 @07:32AM
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Huh?
They probably mean that WSL was designed to promote Windows as “the best environment” to run Linux applications. (WSL1 did not even have Linux in it.)
> Apple iPhone vs iPhone for Apple.
The equivalent of "Apple iPhone" is, in this case, "Windows Audio Subsystem". Not "Windows Subsystem for Audio".
It's unfortunate when marketing speak enters the domain of tools. Imagine if builders had to deal with this:
"Hey hank, grab me the Microsoft Screws(tm) for 3/4 inch holes"