[i-use-nixos-btw]

I have to hand it to them, I’m impressed. And annoyed.

Many years ago I made a bet that Windows as we knew it wouldn’t make it to 50. That they would decide to go the UNIX route and compete directly with Apple and Linux, but allowing the windows ecosystem to be a backstop for software that hadn’t been ported yet.

Instead, the opposite. I absolutely didn’t foresee things like WSL.

[ThrowawayR2]

Microsoft accomplished the thing that a quarter century of FOSS evangelism couldn't manage: bringing Linux to the desktop.

Hey, if Android counts as a win for Linux (which it doesn't, not really), running as a subsystem firmly under Windows' thumb surely has to count too.

[steve1977]

As someone who has been working as a systems engineer with both Windows and Linux/UNIX for about 25 years now, I would not consider UNIX to be superior a priori.

Both philosophies have their merits.

And I think Linux‘ strongest selling point was and is being free. And I mean free as in beer.

[blackoil]

Yeah, Linux came in at a time when companies were paying big for Solaris and other Unix and its primary advantage was being free replacement. For long it wasn't technically better than Solaris other than being on x86.

[steve1977]

I‘m sure you‘ll find people who will say it’s still not better ;)