Path: ...!weretis.net!feeder9.news.weretis.net!news.quux.org!eternal-september.org!feeder2.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: The joy of Linux Date: Sun, 3 Nov 2024 23:28:29 -0000 (UTC) Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 17 Message-ID: References: <20241022144815.00007ea5@gmail.com> <20241022153631.00002ec9@gmail.com> <69FTO.586561$1m96.459888@fx15.iad> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Mon, 04 Nov 2024 00:28:30 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="212debef381064123956ff5fede14532"; logging-data="627699"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/Sxw384yVl8lWc1Oa/XmqS" User-Agent: Pan/0.160 (Toresk; ) Cancel-Lock: sha1:sUV7ndQvCbt0TrJzp9iEsyuwolY= Bytes: 2712 On Sun, 3 Nov 2024 19:19:57 -0000 (UTC), Lars Poulsen wrote: > On 2024-10-30, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: > >> Microsoft released its “AI Workstation” development platform for >> Windows. And guess what: WSL2 is a requirement. >> >> Can you say “slippery slope” ... ? > > I believe the end will be a rewrite of Windows to be a user layer on top > of Linus, i.e. a proprietary M$ version of Wine. I would say it’s inevitable. Not as some matter of deliberate policy, but simply as the path of least resistance. Windows got to the mess it is today through a long sequence of short-sighted management decisions made with the aim of immediate profit; making Linux an essential part of the core of Windows would simply be a continuation of that trend.