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Interesting that a project from Microsoft doesn't support MSVC or Windows.
by thayne 5mo ago
Interesting that a project from Microsoft doesn't support MSVC or Windows.
- queuebert 5mo agoI suspect in 20 years Windows will be a Linux distribution with a compatibility layer.
- kristianp 5mo agoPeople say that kind of thing on HN every now and then. I have no idea why this idea is around, it's a complete fantasy in my opinion. I say this as someone who mostly uses Linux.
- sgbeal 5mo ago> I have no idea why this idea is around, To the best of my fallible knowledge, the notion was first popularized via <http://esr.ibiblio.org/?p=8764 http://esr.ibiblio.org/?p=8764>.
- kristianp 5mo agoThanks for the link, interesting that it was written in 2020. It doesn't take into account the fact that Office has never been ported to Linux. Many versions can be run on Wine of course.