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Say what you will about Balmer, but I think he was right when he chanted "Developers, Developers, Developers." To me, the Windows Subsystem for Linux is their a
by peller 10y ago
Say what you will about Balmer, but I think he was right when he chanted "Developers, Developers, Developers." To me, the Windows Subsystem for Linux is their attempt at keeping web developers using Windows desktop systems. (And by extension, their admittance that the era of M$ desktops reigning supreme has begun its steady decline.) Perhaps I'm biased (quite likely) but I see a company scrambling defensively more than the monopolistic "my way or the highway" we got in decades past - Apple and Google now enjoy that position, not so much Microsoft.
- samfisher83 10y agoThey still have nearly 90% market share of the desktop market.It hasn't really been declining that much. Most people who work still use windows at work. People still use excel and word. I think you underestimate how important they still are.
- peller 10y agoYes, fair enough. I didn't make myself clear enough, because I was referring to the share of developers, where my hunch is that a lot of devs have migrated to OSX, but you're probably still right.