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Assuming this is sarcasm, and you do believe this is a plan to EEE. How exactly would that work for Linux?
by DoctorOW 5y ago
Assuming this is sarcasm, and you do believe this is a plan to EEE. How exactly would that work for Linux?
- yjftsjthsd-h 5y agoI'm not convinced this is EEE, but it's hardly impossible: They start adding features that only make sense in a MS world (hyper-v drivers, secure boot improvements, package Linux as an "app" (WSL2)), then market their take on the stack to anyone using normal distros (leveraging buy-in to the MS ecosystem, low costs, and good support) to remove the contributors and money that would have supported the existing ecosystem (i.e. steal suse/Ubuntu/RH customers). As a result, fewer people build the things that would let Linux compete with MS, and anything without their backing bitrots. "Linux" remains, as a server OS (preferably on Azure) and as a compatibility layer in WSL2, but without drivers for new laptop/desktop hardware or GUI development it's just another component under NT. Or, if you just don't believe a single company can control the ecosystem, go build a Linux system with no userland code from Red Hat and let us know how it goes.
- DoctorOW 5y ago> go build a Linux system with no userland code from Red Hat and let us know how it goes. This is why I'm having trouble seeing the EEE connection. It's incredibly easy to do that. Anything Red Hat has, I could just fork and now it's "my" code under my control.
- yjftsjthsd-h 5y agoOkay, yes; if you ignore network effects and claim that forking code gives you meaningful control of it, then FOSS can never be controlled by any centralized entities. You will forgive my skepticism.