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minus-square@phobiac@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink9•1 year agoI can’t cite a source but I read once that the lawyers got involved and said Microsoft/Windows/some other term they have legal control of had to be the first word.
minus-square@tastysnacks@programming.devlinkfedilink4•1 year agoWhat’s the difference between a lawyer and a hooker? A hooker stops fucking you when you’re dead.
minus-square@EddoWagt@feddit.nllinkfedilink0•1 year agoThen why not call it “Windows subsystem of Linux”? Changes the meaning of the sentence completely
minus-square@MostlyHarmless@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink1•1 year agoBecause it isn’t a subsystem of Linux. It is a subsystem in Windows that allows Linux to run as part of Windows. The windows subsystem gives Linux access to the Windows system.
I can’t cite a source but I read once that the lawyers got involved and said Microsoft/Windows/some other term they have legal control of had to be the first word.
Lawyers, they fuck up everything.
What’s the difference between a lawyer and a hooker? A hooker stops fucking you when you’re dead.
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I think that’s just branding 101
Then why not call it “Windows subsystem of Linux”? Changes the meaning of the sentence completely
Because it isn’t a subsystem of Linux. It is a subsystem in Windows that allows Linux to run as part of Windows.
The windows subsystem gives Linux access to the Windows system.