Re: Microsoft Open-Sources WSL2

Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL2) is the hacked-up pile of glue code
that lets a Linux kernel run on a Windows installation. Now Microsoft
is open-sourcing (nearly) all of that.
 
<https://www.theverge.com/news/669286/microsoft-windows-subsystem-for-linux-open-source>
 
So, do you think this is a good sign or a bad one, in terms of the
future of WSL2 and Windows itself? I see that the GitHub repo already
has about 1000 open issues ...

In the first instance it is a good thing, however, it may indicate that MS
is going cease/ slow down development and let it become a "community"
project. Probably because it hasn't been able to monetise WSL.