A Cold Day in Hell: Microsoft posts Linux installation tutorial

[dj_jyno]

You cannot really own a distro, can you? Basically goodwill, a client base for support and a few people.

Maybe I phrased that incorrectly. Which company that maintains a specific distro are Microsoft interested in buying? As quoted below.

Many people would not be surprised if they acquired Canonical at some point

 

[backstreetboy]

This isn't OS/2 from 1992.

More like BeOS.

 

[deweyzeph]

Geez, Microsoft has been openly supporting Linux for well over a decade already. Nothing new here.

 

[Skerminkel]

Maybe I phrased that incorrectly. Which company that maintains a specific distro are Microsoft interested in buying? As quoted below.

Not arguing with you. Just wondering how M$ sees it fitting into their business plan. Maybe they are after Canonical's (e.g.) people and how they service the market. There is very little IP they will acquire.

 

[Merrigan]

Geez, Microsoft has been openly supporting Linux for well over a decade already. Nothing new here.

Doesn't make me trust this any more...

 

[Dick_Dyeria]

something smells fishy about that!

I've been using wsl2 for programming and it's really been such a relief not having to dual boot all the time.

I wonder if that's the point?