On the contrary, Microsoft acknowledged those that buy NeXTSTEP evolution laptops to do Linux work, showing that actually any POSIX support will do, and since nowadays Linux distros have won the UNIX server room wars, they packaged Linux in a VM.
Just like Apple eventually did witn Virtualization Framework, because they cannot be bothered to keep pushing OS X Server.
Thus WSL alongside Virtualization Framework are the actual Year of Linux Desktop.
On the contrary, Microsoft acknowledged those that buy NeXTSTEP evolution laptops to do Linux work, showing that actually any POSIX support will do, and since nowadays Linux distros have won the UNIX server room wars, they packaged Linux in a VM.
Just like Apple eventually did witn Virtualization Framework, because they cannot be bothered to keep pushing OS X Server.
Thus WSL alongside Virtualization Framework are the actual Year of Linux Desktop.
WSL is the classic MS time-honoured manouevre:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace,_extend,_and_extinguis...