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That doesn't answer my question though. Is there any evidence that this is what is happening here? If there is, is the "extinguish" phase even possible? I think
by lghh 5y ago
That doesn't answer my question though. Is there any evidence that this is what is happening here? If there is, is the "extinguish" phase even possible? I think the answer to both is "no".
- npteljes 5y agoI don't think we'll have evindence, before the fact. But I think that they can gain a lot of control over the Linux ecosystem with WSL. If they introduce new features which people like, and don't make them open source, then the open source ecosystem is either forced to play catch-up, or face becoming less attractive. And now we're talking developers, not even regular users. Imagine 5-10 years passing, a slew of newer generation developers entering the job market, all of them raised on Windows, MS Office, GitHub, Visual Studio and WSL. They don't ever need to leave the MS ecosystem to do their work, and I wouldn't be surprised if they would think that a Linux desktop distribution is like a lamer version of something that works so well as part of Windows. And if this happens, that I'd consider the Extinguish phase.
- lghh 5y agoBuy why is that beneficial to MS? Desktop Linux has no "market". The servers your deploying this code to is still running Linux. You can still have your Red Hat Enterprise Support contract or whatever you'd consider the Linux "market" to be while you're using WSL. What exactly are they trying to kill?
- oblio 5y agoWindows is fighting Macs from equally closed and corporate Apple with this, not Linux. Desktop Linux marketshare is minimal. At least know your enemies :-)
- lghh 5y agoExactly. They are trying to win developers back from Apple, not kill the linux "market".