Date: Fri, 7 May 2021 13:17:41 +0300 From: Rozhuk Ivan <rozhuk.im@gmail.com> To: David Chisnall <theraven@FreeBSD.org> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: WSLg update on 1-5-2021 - BSD / WSL Message-ID: <20210507131741.47f3aab9@rimwks.local> In-Reply-To: <92a81582-7bd4-b9f1-04b6-cbcd5eb77893@FreeBSD.org> References: <CAA-K0n%2BsJ%2BKmc3LitPiX_RLxcKv8aUcY9=cRiM7mx58NY5xs-A@mail.gmail.com> <0b3d6049-f6eb-f9d4-5f20-f09ac666e949@nomadlogic.org> <92a81582-7bd4-b9f1-04b6-cbcd5eb77893@FreeBSD.org>
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On Thu, 6 May 2021 10:57:16 +0100 David Chisnall <theraven@FreeBSD.org> wrote: > Whether Microsoft or the FreeBSD project should do the work really > comes down to who has more to gain. Windows 10 is installed on > around a 1.3 billion devices and any of these users can run Ubuntu > with a single click in the Microsoft Store, so it feels as if the > FreeBSD project has a lot to gain from being able to reach them. Make job for free - make more money for MS. Make win10 to support more features to increase windows value... > If you believe that FreeBSD provides a better experience (I certainly > believe it provides a better developer experience) than Ubuntu, then > making it easy to reach every Windows users is of huge value to the > FreeBSD project and community. Manipulation detected. > Microsoft, in contrast, is driven by requests from customers who > spend money on our products and services. > Around a hundred people > commented on the WSL issue to add FreeBSD support. Ok, do you job and add FBSD support to WSL. > If you assume > that 1% of people who want the feature commented, then this gives > around 10,000 folks who really want a FreeBSD equivalent of WSL. They give money to MS, they ask MS to do job for money. > It's pretty hard to justify a feature in Windows that only 0.001% of > Windows users will use. If you want to change that arithmetic, then > next time your organisation is renewing M365 or Azure service > subscriptions, tell your sales rep that FreeBSD support is important > to your company. There is many other hosting services that have FBSD support. So this is MS/azure problem.
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