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I used to think this was pushed by some of the large tech companies that do not have a popular OS and are forced to turn the browser effectively into an OS. But
by stabbles 5y ago
I used to think this was pushed by some of the large tech companies that do not have a popular OS and are forced to turn the browser effectively into an OS. But both Github and VS code are owned by Microsoft now.
- Vespasian 5y agoUsers in general (with exceptions) do not care about how and where their software runs and data is stored. For many people internet connectivity and local computation power (within the browser) is now good enough to skip installations and updates all together. It makes perfect sense for them to do this and in the end they are not giving up control if they still own the OS. Microsoft can always the decide that "untrusted" websites (which, for example, are not "certified" by them) get blocked from using certain features.
- pjmlp 5y agoThey are pushing Azure Cloud OS, Microsoft's timesharing platform. :)
- smackeyacky 5y agoIt smells to me like Microsoft have realised Windows is heading the way of VMS and they need an exit strategy. Its no coincidence windows 11 pro has a built in wayland compositor to go with WSL2.