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If they could slowly start adopting Unix file paths and slowly phase out Windows file paths, I think more people would start to use Windows. I would love to wa
by 0xbadcafebee 4y ago
If they could slowly start adopting Unix file paths and slowly phase out Windows file paths, I think more people would start to use Windows. I would love to want to use Windows. It's a platform that has first class hardware support and paid support, and it's designed (well, in theory) with users and application platforms in mind. And it actually has a bunch of advanced features that Linux and Mac doesn't have.
- wvenable 4y agoWhy would it matter? 99% of these are effectively edge cases and feature-wise they're pretty equivalent.
- naikrovek 4y agopeople don't choose to use Windows or not based on the file and path syntax.
- chasil 4y agoWindows was built with a POSIX layer; it already does this. "Broad software compatibility was initially achieved with support for several API 'personalities', including Windows API, POSIX, and OS/2 APIs – the latter two were phased out starting with Windows XP." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_NT https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_NT