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[โ€“] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (4 children)

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.

[โ€“] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Lawyers, they fuck up everything.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

What's the difference between a lawyer and a hooker? A hooker stops fucking you when you're dead.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I think that's just branding 101

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Then why not call it "Windows subsystem of Linux"? Changes the meaning of the sentence completely

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

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.