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minus-squarephobiac@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down2·2 years 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-squareѕєχυαℓ ρσℓутσρє@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up10·2 years agoLawyers, they fuck up everything.
minus-squaretastysnacks@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 years agoWhat’s the difference between a lawyer and a hooker? A hooker stops fucking you when you’re dead.
minus-squareStantana@lemmy.sambands.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 years agoI suppose it becomes a product name instead of a tech description.
minus-squareEddoWagt@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·2 years agoThen why not call it “Windows subsystem of Linux”? Changes the meaning of the sentence completely
minus-squareMostlyHarmless@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years 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.
I suppose it becomes a product name instead of a tech description.
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.