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I'm not holding my breath for Microsoft to 'extinguish' Linux. That's not really how open source works, especially Linux given the sorts of folks who develop it

I'm not holding my breath for Microsoft to 'extinguish' Linux. That's not really how open source works, especially Linux given the sorts of folks who develop it.

squarefoot 5y ago
They don't need to physically destroy Linux, all they need is to offer something similar with the Microsoft name attached to it. Communities and hackers may ignore it, but businesses will always see it as a better choice. Still no problem for die hard enthusiasts, now, but say one day 75% of Linux developers are employed in companies where they work only from a Windows machine under WSL, using VSC and possibly some closed blobs nicely donated by Microsoft, that day the penguin corpse will be already cold.
- trutannus 5y ago
  There's a lot of assumptions you're making here based on little hard evidence.
  - CRConrad 5y ago
    Based on how you didn't even recognize the acronym, [c|sh]ould you perhaps consider the possibility that there are more things between heaven and earth that you don't know about?
    - trutannus 5y ago
      That was unnecessarily condescending. At this point you're asking me to accept that MS is going to EEE Linux on no evidence other than a personal attack and some numbers you made up off the top of your head. I'm sure you see the issue here. Onus is on you to prove the point, not for me to blindly accept it because I didn't know what a business acronym meant.
      - CRConrad 5y ago
        1) No, sometimes it's necessary. 2) Where did _I_ make up any numbers? 3) Not exactly a "business" acronym IMO.
        trutannus 5y ago
        https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
    - dang 5y ago
      Swipes like this will get you banned here. Please stick to the rules: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html.

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I'm not holding my breath for Microsoft to 'extinguish' Linux. That's not really how open source works, especially Linux given the sorts of folks who develop it

by trutannus 5y ago

I'm not holding my breath for Microsoft to 'extinguish' Linux. That's not really how open source works, especially Linux given the sorts of folks who develop it.

squarefoot 5y ago
They don't need to physically destroy Linux, all they need is to offer something similar with the Microsoft name attached to it. Communities and hackers may ignore it, but businesses will always see it as a better choice. Still no problem for die hard enthusiasts, now, but say one day 75% of Linux developers are employed in companies where they work only from a Windows machine under WSL, using VSC and possibly some closed blobs nicely donated by Microsoft, that day the penguin corpse will be already cold.
- trutannus 5y ago
  There's a lot of assumptions you're making here based on little hard evidence.
  - CRConrad 5y ago
    Based on how you didn't even recognize the acronym, [c|sh]ould you perhaps consider the possibility that there are more things between heaven and earth that you don't know about?
    - trutannus 5y ago
      That was unnecessarily condescending. At this point you're asking me to accept that MS is going to EEE Linux on no evidence other than a personal attack and some numbers you made up off the top of your head. I'm sure you see the issue here. Onus is on you to prove the point, not for me to blindly accept it because I didn't know what a business acronym meant.
      - CRConrad 5y ago
        1) No, sometimes it's necessary. 2) Where did _I_ make up any numbers? 3) Not exactly a "business" acronym IMO.
        trutannus 5y ago
        https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
    - dang 5y ago
      Swipes like this will get you banned here. Please stick to the rules: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html.