They have strategy called Embrace, Extend, Extinguish.
They are still running this strategy, but now also buy good PR buying paying high profile developers thru their developer advocate positions.
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Microsoft finally is fulfilling its dream of EEE to Linux. Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) embraced the API – letting you run Linux binaries (and GUIs!) on Windows natively. Next, WSL extended the kernel with GPU driver support.
"" " - https://matt-rickard.com/embrace-extend-extinguish/
They are still running this strategy, but now also buy good PR buying paying high profile developers thru their developer advocate positions.
""" Microsoft finally is fulfilling its dream of EEE to Linux. Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) embraced the API – letting you run Linux binaries (and GUIs!) on Windows natively. Next, WSL extended the kernel with GPU driver support. "" " - https://matt-rickard.com/embrace-extend-extinguish/