Subj : Re: SSH on BBSes
To   : Arelor
From : tenser
Date : Thu Apr 21 2022 14:19:30

On 20 Apr 2022 at 04:58p, Arelor pondered and said...
 
 Ar> They are clearly preparing themselves to replace OS licensing as their
 Ar> main revenue model. It does not mean they will kick it out completely,
 Ar> but nowadays they are getting heavily into data mining, selling services
 Ar> under subscription models, and becoming LInux vendors themselves.

Yup.  Office has arguably been their main cash cow for a
long time now, and as time goes on, Windows becomes something
of a liability.  WSL2 basically boots Ubuntu under Hyper-V
with some extensions improving interoperability with the host,
but Linux itself is basically becoming a vessel for containers
hosting different applications; sandboxing one's browser, for
instance, in a container can be really useful.  One can see
how Microsoft may be heading towards a future where the
"system" really boots a lightweight hypervisor a la Hyper-V
with Linux as the root VM and containerized applications
running in sandbox VMs exposing whatever system interface is
required for the application: Win32 or Linux or whatever.

Incidentally, this isn't too far off Cutler's original vision
for MICA back at DEC: a thin microkernel that exposed Unix
and VMS interfaces as desired.

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