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Microsoft has so much ego that rather than simply making a Linux distro they insist we run Linux on Windows.
by pharmakom 5y ago
Microsoft has so much ego that rather than simply making a Linux distro they insist we run Linux on Windows.
- rvense 5y agoThey probably know they can't stop developers from deploying to Linux. They're trying to the Windows desktop relevant.
- pjmlp 5y agoThey don't need to try while fighting 1% GNU/Linux desktop. The whole point of WSL is to bring into Windows, those devs that buy Apple hardware instead of supporting Linux OEMs, and couldn't care less as long as they have their POSIX like experience.
- phendrenad2 5y agoHow would a Microsoft Linux distro be different from, say, Ubuntu? Would it bundle WINE, perhaps with Microsoft insider knowledge of how their APIs work? How would they make money on Windows if everyone could just use that?
- Xevi 5y ago> simply making a Linux distro It would take decades to migrate Windows users to a Linux distro.
- pjmlp 5y agoThey don't insist, this is for the folks that should be supporting Linux OEMs but rather pay Apple.