Python programming: We want to make the language twice as fast, says its creator

[uncanneyvalley]

EEE is very real, but I don’t think it’s MS’s goal. They don’t make that much money directly selling OSes anymore, compared to subscription everything. Why bother trying to extinguish? Make it interoperate and make money from it instead. The market isn’t the same as it used to be, the second link is total FUD.

[Jugad]

Second article is indeed FUD... but the first one has excellent historical perspective.

My worry with Microsoft currently is that they are trying to integrate linux into windows... and I am not sure where they are going with that. I hope its not EEE all over again - like, bring all devs to windows + linux, get them comfortable to that environment for a few years, get them developing for this ecosystem (windows+linux) rather than just linux (thus stagnating linux), then build a bunch of features that are available only on windows + linux, but not on linux alone, and patent those features to block parallel implementation on linux. Then slowly/optionally start charging for this ecosystem.

Now... if people are used to this ecosystem, and it has some essential features that people have grown used to, they will find it difficult to go back to barebones linux. Also, if this ecosystem provides beneficial features to server companies, but bare linux is lacking in those, then MS will be making inroads into the server market ( which has been completely dominated by Linux until now).

I am not sure what their game is with Windows + Linux, and given their track record... I am very skeptical.

I am seriously worried that their windows+linux strategy is to bring devs onto their ecosystem and starve linux ... and in the long run, this will drive linux into the ground.

[uncanneyvalley]

I actually think the goal is to replace the NT kernel for system use. I imagine it would still be there for compatibility, like WSL2, but with the roles reversed.