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I am afraid of EEE strategy of Microsoft . But,Windows having WSL means that Developers can target Linux only without even considering Windows , being sure that

• vikramkr 6y ago
  EEE is not going to have any impact on Linux (and also, EEE hasnt been Microsof's strategy for a while). Once they start extending with proprietary additions, you basically just end up where you were with two operating systems, a proprietary windows and an open source Linux. They can't force the kernel to accept proprietary extensions.
  • quesera 6y ago
    > They can't force the kernel to accept proprietary extensions. They don't need to. They just need to offer a "better" Linux (kernel and/or distro) that also runs Excel, and is backed by a global Fortune 10 corporation. It's Linux, it's legal, it's E₂ and brings E₃ within reach if they choose that path.
  • wmf 6y ago
    There is a concern that mainstream proprietarized "Linux" becomes completely incompatible with real Linux to the detriment of Linux's values and the people who care about those values.
• xnyan 6y ago
  >But,Windows having WSL means that Developers can target Linux only without even considering Windows I've been using WSL1 and WSL2 regularly since they were in beta. They have both exceeded my expectations. I still SSH into my local development box I use for webdev and the like because it's still faster, less limited and more powerful than WSL/2. Again, I think WSL is awesome and I use it all the time - to do a few linuxy things here and there on my windows box. It's nice, but it is in no way a production-grade replacement for native linux.