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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: YouTube Linux advocate: Linux could surpass Windows on the
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Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2024 23:01:13 -0000 (UTC)
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On Mon, 21 Oct 2024 10:48:43 -0400, DFS wrote:

> He's referring to Windows Subsystem for Linux.
> 
> Bloaty thinks MS adding it as a feature bothers me and is a victory for
> Linux.  He forgets Microsoft has had a *nix component available
> continuously for Windows for 25 years.

But not one that worked very well. Now suddenly Linux compatibility 
matters more than paying lip service to POSIX ever did. So Microsoft first 
tried to add a compatibility layer (WSL1) like it did for POSIX. And just 
as for POSIX, that simply wasn’t worth using.

But having token support wasn’t enough: unlike for POSIX of old, the 
market is demanding real Linux support. And the “personality” system of 
Windows just isn’t up to it: so it had to add a real Linux kernel.

Yes, that does represent a victory of Linux over Windows.