[LINK] Linux running under Windows?!!

[Robert Brockway]

On Sat, 10 Nov 2018, David wrote:

> I wonder what is Microsoft's long-term plan?

Further integration in to the open source world I believe.

Being able to run Linux apps on Windows doesn't mean there will be 
widespread abandonment of Linux.  The trend has been in the other 
direction for a couple of decades.  Rather it means that cross platform 
apps will be easier to build.

Microsoft has been a member of the Linux Foundation since 2016.  A 
plurality (likely soon to be majority) of VMs running on Microsoft's Azure 
cloud platform are Linux systems.

Microsoft tried to destroy Linux/open source as it perceived this to be in 
its best interests.  It failed.  Microsoft now works with the Linux/open 
source community as it perceives this to be in its best interests.

Having been actively involved with the Linux/open source community for 
over a quarter century I've watched Microsoft change.  I remember when the 
Mozilla development team announced that the Microsoft IE team had 
contacted them and wanted to meet.  They tentatively agreed to the 
meeting, publicly admitting they didn't know what to expect.  That was the 
first crack in the ice and represented a change of direction (and culture) 
at Microsoft that took perhaps a decade.

I'm looking seriously at using Powershell for my next project because 
Microsoft ported it to Linux (my preferred platform), released it open 
source, and it seems like the right job for the task.

Cheers,

Rob