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> ... Or better yet, just switch everything to full POSIX. Interix[0] did a pretty good job of this, but MSFT killed it. I was compiling GNU tools w/ GCC and r

> ... Or better yet, just switch everything to full POSIX. Interix[0] did a pretty good job of this, but MSFT killed it. I was compiling GNU tools w/ GCC and running bash under Interix back in in 2000 under Windows 2000. It was grand. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interix https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interix

dekhn 4mo ago
I ported a million-line, OpenGL/Motif application using Interix (before it was acquired). Indeed, it was grand.
pjmlp 4mo ago
The experience with Windows Services for UNIX wasn't that great, so yet another good product killed via acquisitions? I only know it post acquisition.