Re: WSL keeps getting better, and it's because Microsoft is finally admitting where developers want to be

On 2026-07-05 02:02, Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:
> On Sat, 4 Jul 2026 18:41:39 -0000 (UTC), Robert Heller wrote:
> 
>>> <https://www.xda-developers.com/wsl-keeps-getting-better-and-its-because-microsoft-is-finally-admitting-where-developers-want-to-be/>
>>>
>> 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.


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