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Twisting the definition to a more practical idea is better for progress, and will attract more users because it will seem like a more tangible goal. And I don’t
by yepthatsreality 5y ago
Twisting the definition to a more practical idea is better for progress, and will attract more users because it will seem like a more tangible goal. And I don’t count WSL as Linux on the desktop because it was already possible to run a VM of Linux on Windows and vice versa before it existed.
- pjmlp 5y agoTwisting the definition is acknowledging having lost the original goal. Projects don't pivot just because it feels good doing so. Same applies to Windows on the server room, WSL did not became a standard option despite the years of Virtual Box and VMWare just because Microsoft though it would be nice to do so.
- yepthatsreality 5y ago> Twisting the definition is acknowledging having lost the original goal. No it doesn’t. It just acknowledges that times change, software gets better, and idea is made more accomplishable instead of betting on a single year where some sort of great migration happens (which was silly).
- pjmlp 5y ago