It's true that there's a bit of EEE, It's intended for developers who need both access to Windows applications and some Linux build tools and it might ensure that they don't just switch to Linux+Wine. But knowing how Microsoft works nowadays, I'm not sure the intent was truly to prevent that switch. In any case, I really doubt Microsoft cares enough about that tiny part of users to have teams working on that kind of projects. So I'd expect this to be something that was initially developed internally for some Microsoft developers and that they decided to publish for other developers. Last time I talked to managers at Microsoft, they told me that they were now more about embracing to benefit from rather than embracing to extinguish.
Pandora’s latest update to Windows Phone adds voice commands, a new sleep timer and recommended stations. Say, “Pandora play” or “Pandora find” when you’re in search of a particular song or station and doze off to your favorite tunes. And with a Windows Phone device, you can continue enjoying exclusive perks such as the ability. Applications 194; Emulators 136; Development 241. Utilities 49; Libraries 32; Documentation 1; Sourcecodes 159. Windows 27; MacOS 0; Linux 10; Misc Stuff.
A good example is their support for Linux servers in their cloud solutions. This way, they can sell reliable cloud solutions without having to actually develop all the server stuff. If you want EEE today, you better look at Google. These past years, they've been killing IMAP support on GMail by adding compulsory OAuth authentication that requires specific support in e-mail clients. This is a textbook example of EEE: offer GMail as a standard e-mail service, extend it with nice features and then close it down so that you can only use it on their terms. Android could also be seen as something similar for a Linux-based mobile OS.
Microsoft: Windows users can now use Linux applications! You can simply use Windows as your OS and have access to Ubuntu, Suse and Fedora! Reality: They enabled some command line Linux functions. There is no GUI support and no direct support for graphical applications. (Yes, some users are hacking some support for some applications in - which is not the same as direct support.) Normal User: What is all this command line stuff? Is THAT Linux? No way am I switching to that.
The guy at the office who's been pushing for people to try Linux is an idiot! If Microsoft wanted to 'Embrace Linux', then they could simply sell Linux versions of MS Office (LibreOffice is great - but MS Office use with dependent plugins is ubiquitous in business) and Silverlight (becoming rapidly obsolete). What's the latest news on this whole mess? When I was training for my 98-366 certificate, I got to use some windows server VMs and there was an option to install this compatibility layer as a server role. There was a remark that the function is now obsolete. Could it be, that they are getting rid of the whole thing again? EDIT: Nevermind, that might have been windows server 2012 R2 only.
Just read up on it. I don't think they are trying to make normal users stick to windows with a bad linux experience.
You apparently need to turn on all kinds of hidden 'developer mode' switches in win 10 in order to use the linux extensions. Pretty much worthless for normal users and for linux users. Only reason I can see is for developers who are not able to switch the OS (locked down workstations?). Powergod ninjad me. I do use WSL at work. Main developpement is on Windows + VS (not really a surprise), and having WSL makes compiling on Linux more easy,as you can share the same source tree and just test the Linux directly.
0 kommentar(er)
