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Date:	Tue, 12 Apr 2016 15:41:32 +0200
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On Apr 12 14:58, Marco Atzeri wrote:
> On 12/04/2016 14:50, Andrew Schulman wrote:
> >By now I guess most of us have seen the reports of bash, and in fact a f=
ull
> >Linux userland, running natively in Windows 10:
> >
> >http://www.osnews.com/story/29149/Microsoft_and_Canonical_partner_to_bri=
ng_Ubuntu_to_Windows_10
> >http://www.hanselman.com/blog/DevelopersCanRunBashShellAndUsermodeUbuntu=
LinuxBinariesOnWindows10.aspx
> >http://blog.dustinkirkland.com/2016/03/ubuntu-on-windows.html
> >
> >It's in beta release and doesn't seem to have been widely tested yet. Ap=
parently
> >Microsoft has developed an API translation layer, simliar to the Cygwin =
DLL, to
> >make this work.  But unlike with Cygwin, Linux apps don't have to be reb=
uilt -
> >they can run natively as-is in Windows 10. So you can get, allegedly, th=
e full
> >Linux userland out-of-the-box.
> >
> >The first link cited above suggests that if this is all it claims to be,=
 it
> >would remove the need for Cygwin. I can see the point.
> >
> >Has anyone had a chance to try this new feature?  Does it work as well a=
s is
> >claimed?
> >
> >I realize this may be strictly off-topic here, but it seems to me to be
> >potentially so important to the future of Cygwin that it's worth discuss=
ing here
> >insted of on cygwin-talk.
> >
> >Andrew
>=20
>=20
> Before W10 became the standard it will take some time.
>=20
> Considering the previous history of Microsoft with
> Windows Services for UNIX (SFU) , my feeling is
>=20
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeo_Danaos_et_dona_ferentes
>=20
> If they really would like to port Unix on MS, it will be enough to
> provide Corinna with a simple way to implement fork....

Huh, right.  If only...

https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/afdf1b68-1f3e-47f5-94cf-51e3=
97afe073/


Corinna

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