Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Carlos E. R." Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: WSL keeps getting better, and it's because Microsoft is finally admitting where developers want to be Date: Sun, 5 Jul 2026 13:35:57 +0200 Lines: 31 Message-ID: References: <112bk53$chl8$1@dont-email.me> <112c6uq$k25o$8@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net /CLCr5HXPLU2ISfCJTRrGAcRJ+X59QRLWcoReqq1Yenwy4F0B2 Cancel-Lock: sha1:Akk49d4gb1nwVT+5P2PlyDRi9kc= sha256:XqgMcMzVFj/wWWIGbtmadn+ra/y79wpSWnLoekWX62U= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: en-GB In-Reply-To: <112c6uq$k25o$8@dont-email.me> Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:88677 On 2026-07-05 02:02, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote: > On Sat, 4 Jul 2026 18:41:39 -0000 (UTC), Robert Heller wrote: > >>> >>> >> It is also *probably* too little too late. > > Quote: > > ... Microsoft really does need to make its OS comfortable for > Linux developers to work in, because the alternative involves > people ditching Windows entirely. For Microsoft to maintain its > user base, it has to ensure that its operating system can do > everything better than its competitors, and if that includes > allowing people to code Linux apps instead of using its own tools, > then that's what it needs to do. > > But if what its operating system is supposedly “doing better than > competitors” is “running a Linux stack”, then pretty much by > definition, native Linux itself will always do that better than any > Windows-with-Linux-bag-hanging-off-the-side two-headed FrankenOS can > manage. Unless the user needs one of those applications that only exist for Windows. For instance, some tax software for the USA. -- Cheers, Carlos E.R. ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;