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How are they extending Linux? It also sounds like you are asking them to, since you want to build Windows apps from WSL! A large part of the attraction of WSL f

How are they extending Linux? It also sounds like you are asking them to, since you want to build Windows apps from WSL! A large part of the attraction of WSL for many, is that native windows ports are not needed. Windows will never extinguish Linux, while it remains closed and proprietary, so I wouldn't worry about that.

newnewpdro 8y ago
They're in the embracing phase. Linux, the kernel, is actively in the process of losing a majority of its non-server market share and thus related development resources. It will become a very real possibility for Linux to be relatively unusable directly on modern consumer hardware if nothing is done to prevent it. WSL, if successful, will deter potential desktop Linux users from leaving Windows if they consider WSL as already providing everything Linux has to offer without the trouble of installing an OS. Fuschia will eliminate all the Android devices once that pivot is fully realized. Presumably ChromeOS is going to follow suit. One doesn't even need to speculate on how exactly MS will extend to see the very real threats. The Linux kernel's stable ABI contract it turns out is a serious vulnerability for its market share. There are some similarities to how Google embraced Java in Android without Sun/Oracle's participation. edit: If you value having the option of running a GPL kernel on modern computers, don't use WSL and discourage others from using it. We need people running Linux on bare metal. It's the only way we will continue to have the option. If nobody is using it, when you decide you want/need it, your hardware isn't going to be supported. I'm a little surprised that Linus / The Linux Foundation haven't played the Linux trademark card to prevent MS from using the Linux name in the WSL moniker. There is no Linux in WSL, and the deliberately ambiguous marketing is actively harmful to Linux.
- barrkel 8y ago
  WSL makes it easier to migrate to Linux, and the business drivers are entirely in that direction for licensing and tech vibrancy reasons.
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newnewpdro 8y ago

They're in the embracing phase. Linux, the kernel, is actively in the process of losing a majority of its non-server market share and thus related development resources. It will become a very real possibility for Linux to be relatively unusable directly on modern consumer hardware if nothing is done to prevent it. WSL, if successful, will deter potential desktop Linux users from leaving Windows if they consider WSL as already providing everything Linux has to offer without the trouble of installing an OS. Fuschia will eliminate all the Android devices once that pivot is fully realized. Presumably ChromeOS is going to follow suit. One doesn't even need to speculate on how exactly MS will extend to see the very real threats. The Linux kernel's stable ABI contract it turns out is a serious vulnerability for its market share. There are some similarities to how Google embraced Java in Android without Sun/Oracle's participation. edit: If you value having the option of running a GPL kernel on modern computers, don't use WSL and discourage others from using it. We need people running Linux on bare metal. It's the only way we will continue to have the option. If nobody is using it, when you decide you want/need it, your hardware isn't going to be supported. I'm a little surprised that Linus / The Linux Foundation haven't played the Linux trademark card to prevent MS from using the Linux name in the WSL moniker. There is no Linux in WSL, and the deliberately ambiguous marketing is actively harmful to Linux.

barrkel 8y ago
WSL makes it easier to migrate to Linux, and the business drivers are entirely in that direction for licensing and tech vibrancy reasons.
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