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Linus Torvalds isn't worried about Microsoft taking over Linux

• mikece 7y ago
  Does anyone else remember the fictional story/memo form about 2005 in Wired magazine in which Linus Torvalds, who had been hired by Microsoft to build WinX (Windows proprietary UI over Linux) was complaining to Bill Gates and threatening to quit because Ballmer kept pronouncing it as "Winux" instead of "Winks"? That was some fantastic writing and a very interesting thought experiment... hopefully someone can find a link to that and share it.
  • cameroncooper 7y ago
    Here you go internet friend https://www.wired.com/2005/02/microsoft-5/ https://www.wired.com/2005/02/microsoft-5/
• foxyv 7y ago
  I have a fever dream where the most popular Linux distribution is Windows 11. 0_0
  • CrankyBear 7y ago
    Dream?? https://www.computerworld.com/article/3438856/call-me-crazy-but-windows-11-could-run-on-linux.html https://www.computerworld.com/article/3438856/call-me-crazy-...
  • tonyedgecombe 7y ago
    I really hope not, mono cultures are bad for everyone.
  • WorldMaker 7y ago
    WSL2 could soon be one of the biggest deployments of the Linux kernel. (Though WSL outsources the rest of the distribution work to existing distributions, so WSL itself maybe doesn't count as a distribution.)
• jokab 7y ago
  Windows 10 has become the most popular Linux desktop environment as far as I'm concerned