Why Microsoft needed to make Windows run Linux software

Posted by BernardSwiss on Apr 6, 2016 7:51 PM EDT
Ars Technica; By Peter Bright 		Mail this story
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Microsoft deciding to support Linux software on Windows is a surprising move, and the obvious question is, why? Superficially, the answer is easy—developers like these tools, so supporting them makes developers happy—but the story runs a little deeper than that. Supporting Linux apps in Windows is a significant move for a company that has spent decades promoting its own APIs and application platform, and it's unlikely that the company would make such a move just to provide a few creature comforts to developers. The need goes deeper than that.

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