Windows doesn't make that Microsoft that much money.
As soon as it becomes more cost effective to use another OS, they'll switch -- and WSL looks like an exploratory move in that direction.
Just like they ditched IE for Chromium.
So I agree that WSL is an opportunity for Microsoft to ditch Windows, but it's not really a threat by any means -- their lock-in on Office gives them all the leverage they need to get people to use Windows for as long as they want.
Yeah, they would make a smart move by making the office suite work nicely in Linux. They did it with SQL server and that thing runs night and day better on a Linux box.
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Windows doesn't make that Microsoft that much money.
As soon as it becomes more cost effective to use another OS, they'll switch -- and WSL looks like an exploratory move in that direction.
Just like they ditched IE for Chromium.
So I agree that WSL is an opportunity for Microsoft to ditch Windows, but it's not really a threat by any means -- their lock-in on Office gives them all the leverage they need to get people to use Windows for as long as they want.
Rumor is that the new Windows 10X will abandon win32 support in favor of web apps and networked/streamed apps
That would be alright. 32bit support was dropped within the Linux kernel was dropped a while back iirc.
I think here it's being used like an expression for x86
The linux kernel still supports 32bit. They dropped support for Intel's 386 processor in 2012. Maybe that's what came to your mind.
In this example, I believe it's referring to all x86 apps for windows
Now that I look at it fro that point of view I do agree on that
Yeah, they would make a smart move by making the office suite work nicely in Linux. They did it with SQL server and that thing runs night and day better on a Linux box.