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> (or even desktop Linux) has a higher installed base and they don’t bother Microsoft significantly. Except for they did. I'm pretty sure WSL was about develop
by drdaeman 9y ago
> (or even desktop Linux) has a higher installed base and they don’t bother Microsoft significantly.
Except for they did. I'm pretty sure WSL was about developers who had preferred GNU/Linux-based systems (or macOS, since it can be compatible for some cases) for work, not about just running some *nix server software on Windows machines.
- __sr__ 9y agoI said “significantly” — macOS and Linux have existed for ages, yet Microsoft is starting with WSL just now. Also, as far as I know, WSL is a by-product of the Poject Astoria - not something Microsoft set out to do. They probably thought, “We’ve done most of the work anyway, might as well get something out of it.”