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On 4/12/2016 1:01 PM, Andrew Schulman wrote:
>> I don't think I'll count on Microsoft to maintain a usable Bash shell
>> without twerping it in some fashion so it becomes incompatible (like
>> they tried with numerous other products they "adopted"). The comment on
>> Greeks and gifts is right on target.
>
> To be clear, bash here doesn't come from Microsoft - it's not Microsoft bash.
> It's Ubuntu's bash package, and all the rest of Ubuntu userland, including for
> example apt-get, so you can install whatever other Ubuntu packages you want and
> run them in Windows. At least in theory.
>
> What Microsoft is providing is the Linux kernel API. Of course there's still
> plenty of room for mischief or misimplementation there.

It will be interesting to see how they map identities and permissions!

Regards -- Eliot Moss

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