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by mifydev27 days ago |
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upvoteby advisedwang27 days ago|
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It would be fun to call it Windows Subsystem for Linux!
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upvoteby sedatk27 days ago|
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which would be the right use of the term. WSL was originally called LXSS = linux subsystem. As I understand, lawyers stepped in soon after.
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upvoteby sunaookami26 days ago|
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They already did the same thing 25 years ago with "Windows Services for UNIX": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Services_for_UNIX
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upvoteby wmf26 days ago|
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Which is also backwards.
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upvoteby throwaway2744826 days ago|
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The two terms seem semantically identical (i.e., ambiguous and therefore meaningless) to me.
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upvoteby sedatk25 days ago|
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You wouldn't call a Nintendo emulator "Windows emulator for Nintendo" would you.
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