Do you think there would have been as much value historically? The main part of the appeal of WSL is that it lets me use the Linux dev ecosystem, which (for we

Do you think there would have been as much value historically? The main part of the appeal of WSL is that it lets me use the Linux dev ecosystem, which (for web work) is larger/nicer than the Windows ecosystem. I think a lot of this comes from the revenue model - For example, nginx is free, where IIS cost money. As the world of cloud computing took off, it was easier to have devs learn Linux than it would be to pay for licenses for each server. Eventually this meant that more companies were expanding/developing Linux solutions, developers were more familiar with those tools, and you have a self-reinforcing circle.