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This announcement is the evidence. They release some directx stubs that are completely useless outside of windows and of absolutely zero importance to anyone in
by quantummkv 6y ago
This announcement is the evidence. They release some directx stubs that are completely useless outside of windows and of absolutely zero importance to anyone in the Linux Ecosystem and make a huge Microsoft hearts Linux push with it with confetti, unicorns and blushing dev-twitter influencers.
While the actual meat of directx will still be proprietary and windows-exclusive where they call the shots and make the money.
- colejohnson66 6y agoReleasing something exclusive is not evidence of EEE. Yes, it’s embracing, but that’s it. How do you know they don’t plan to port DirectX to Linux? They’re currently attempting to upstream their changes, so why wouldn’t they port DX itself? They also don’t have to open source it (although I wish they would); they could just release a binary blob that you download and install. Also, how do you expect Microsoft to kill Linux? To me, it seems that people who willingly choose to use Linux over Windows are generally the kinds of people who won’t be persuaded to move back. Microsoft can’t kill Linux. Have you ever looked past your preconceived biases and considered that maybe Microsoft has actually had a change in culture over two decades? I don’t think so, because the people who scream “EEE” are the kinds of people who’ll never be swayed in their opinion.