> Microsoft finally is fulfilling its dream of EEE to Linux. Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) embraced the API – letting you run Linux binaries (and GUIs!) on Windows natively. Next, WSL extended the kernel with GPU driver support.<p>Yes, Linux users everywhere will be switching to Windows now for this one. Why use Linux natively if you can pay Microsoft to do it for you?<p>> Chrome originally used WebKit (from Safari) but eventually forked the library to Blink. Chrome has embraced web standards (e.g., in CSS and HTML) but has also become so ubiquitous that it has become the standard itself – sometimes Chrome is the ground truth for behavior (rather than the agreed upon spec).<p>And Apple used KHTML, but eventually forked the library to WebKit. There was no "agreed upon spec" beyond the licensing of the engine and adoption of the technology therein.<p>I just can't, with this post. Google did not kill Docker, Red Hat did when they proved they could make a <i>perfectly compatible</i> open version of it with Podman. Apple did not extinguish DirectX with D3DMetal, DXVK did by providing a basic open target for hardware that wants decent DirectX coverage. This is a bizzaro recounting of fairly straightforward history...