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Re:The Windows Subsystem for Android now runs Android 13 in ... by ClumsyPilot on Monday December 19, 2022 @09:07PM (#34060669)
This old chestbut is long past its expiration date
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Re:The Windows Subsystem for Android now runs Android 13 in ... by endperform on Monday December 19, 2022 @09:39PM (#34060871)
Agreed. I laugh every time someone posts it. If MS wanted to kill off Linux, Linux would be long dead by now.
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Re:The Windows Subsystem for Android now runs Android 13 in ... by servilio on Tuesday December 20, 2022 @12:44AM (#34062021)
> If MS wanted to kill off Linux, Linux would be long dead by now.

How do you envision they could do it? Doesn't seem plausible to me, given the distributed nature of the development of Linux.

BTW, they actually tried:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween_documents

Just totally failed.

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Re:The Windows Subsystem for Android now runs Android 13 in ... by prirun on Tuesday December 20, 2022 @02:02PM (#34070652)
Buy Canonical.

I don't think MS actually cares if Linux exists, if most people pay a Windows license fee to run it.

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Re:The Windows Subsystem for Android now runs Android 13 in ... by croes on Monday December 19, 2022 @09:28PM (#34060790)
See VS Code vs Atom
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Re:The Windows Subsystem for Android now runs Android 13 in ... by zamalek on Monday December 19, 2022 @09:37PM (#34060853)
Although I agree with the idea that VSCode is a Trojan horse, Atom had some severe fundamental issues (running everything in the UI thread) and would have come to an end no matter what.
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Re:The Windows Subsystem for Android now runs Android 13 in ... by croes on Tuesday December 20, 2022 @02:41AM (#34062820)
After MS bought GitHub for sure.
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Re:The Windows Subsystem for Android now runs Android 13 in ... by shepherdjerred on Monday December 19, 2022 @10:41PM (#34061257)
How dare Microsoft make a superior product that aligns with their business
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Re:The Windows Subsystem for Android now runs Android 13 in ... by croes on Tuesday December 20, 2022 @02:37AM (#34062787)
How dare MS to block VS Codium from the extension marketplace.
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Re:The Windows Subsystem for Android now runs Android 13 in ... by Scharkenberg on Tuesday December 20, 2022 @05:22AM (#34063962)
Is there anything stopping anyone from offering and maintaining an open-source store with open-source extensions for VS Codium?
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Re:The Windows Subsystem for Android now runs Android 13 in ... by croes on Tuesday December 20, 2022 @06:34AM (#34064507)
The same that stops anyone building an alternative to the npm registry plus the extensions made by MS which won't be in that marketplace. Like this https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31760684
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Re:The Windows Subsystem for Android now runs Android 13 in ... by Scharkenberg on Wednesday December 21, 2022 @05:04AM (#34078716)
Either you did not answer my specific question, or I don't get your point.
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