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>Windows is not UNIX and that's its strength. Microsoft seems to disagree, which is why they felt compelled to include a Linux sub-system in Windows.
by 43224gg252 9y ago
>Windows is not UNIX and that's its strength.
Microsoft seems to disagree, which is why they felt compelled to include a Linux sub-system in Windows.
- Houshalter 9y agoAnd does the existence of Wine prove that Linux is inferior? It's just nice to have a way to run software written for other systems. Doesn't mean you think that system is superior.
- seanp2k2 9y agoThere is a small difference in first vs third party here. Wine is more analogous to virtualbox. WSL AFAIK was done to attract developers.
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- StillBored 9y agoI don't think they imply that windows is Unix (of which is most definitely is not), but rather that one of its original design goals still works. People forget that the original NT was designed to be agnostic to the user-space API. Random link that mentions the OS/2 subsystem. https://brianreiter.org/2010/08/24/the-sad-history-of-the-microsoft-posix-subsystem/ https://brianreiter.org/2010/08/24/the-sad-history-of-the-mi...