Very true because the relationship they have with laptop manufacturers will ensure windows domination
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Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks agoAs much as it is beloved, I don’t think windows sees Linux / wine as any kind of substantial threat.
vin@lemmynsfw.com 3 weeks ago
kautau@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I think they do in the enterprise hosting / software dev world, which is the reason for so much effort being poured into WSL, but for standard client applications or the “average user” switching to Linux I agree
Lettuceeatlettuce@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
Yeah, they want to be able to get people totally off Linux as a root OS.
By creating WSL, they now can say, "oh, you like to develop for/on Linux? Well good news, Windows has Linux built in! Juzt come on over to Windows and you can use WSL and Linux on Azure for all your Linux needs!
Zink@programming.dev 3 weeks ago
And WSL is pretty good according to one of the other guys in my department that’s been using it.
The problem for Microsoft is that my entire user experience is better when I boot straight into Linux and use all their software (except vscode) in browser tabs.
jabjoe@feddit.uk 3 weeks ago
I think it is partly that, but I think it is partly all the bright young tech kids coming in from uni want Linux not Windows. I think it’s targeted at inside and outside.