> They want Linux users to use Linux APIs, but run them on WSL (on Windows). And those Linux users expect normal Linux software to work, out of the box, all the

> They want Linux users to use Linux APIs, but run them on WSL (on Windows). And those Linux users expect normal Linux software to work, out of the box, all the time. Totally different things. This is exactly on course for EEE. EEE isn't about increasing DirectX adoption on regular Linux, it's about using DirectX as a wedge to increase Microsoft product adoption (ie. Windows, Azure and co.) and marginalize regular Linux. By marginalizing regular Linux, they also marginalize every competitor that supports regular Linux. The theoretical future moves in stages. Today it's "only Windows can support DirectX on Linux! But don't worry, it's still Linux, just this one extension." Then it's "DirectX on Linux now works best with Windows Machine Learning Foundation or some crap like that, only on Windows!" Then it's "Windows Machine Learning Foundation is now only on Windows Professional Plus" Then it's "WSL enjoys deep integration with Visual Studio, only on Windows!" Then it's "Azure ML is the best way to run DirectX on Linux in the cloud! You see, the Azure Advantage (TM) is that only we know how to run DirectX on Linux effectively, because only we can see and change the code." At some point, you stopped using open source tooling, stopped using an open source OS, and stopped being compatible with open source Linux providers like AWS & GCP. Microsoft practically owns your entire stack. "Gotcha!"