[MountainJack]

Posix on Windows! Yay! Together with the open sourcing of DotNet (that now enjoys an MIT license), this new Microsoft stance is looking more and more compelling. Comparing MS policies that to the rather hostile licensing/litigation policies of Java/Oracle makes me reevaluate.

[jewel]

For those that haven't seen it, this isn't the first time (or even the second time) that Microsoft has released a POSIX layer for Windows:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_POSIX_subsystem

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Services_for_UNIX

[ktRolster]

And they all suck (but are better than nothing). I really wish I could get the windows socket() function to return an integer.