Re: Embrace....Extend...Extinguish....Except.....
'It seems the target for this is individuals who have to use Linux to do their jobs, possibly working on cross-platform development but are stuck with employers who absolutely insist on Windows and nothing but Windows. It's a kludge to enable them to do their work on an ostensibly single-boot Windows desktop.'
I know it's easy to say, but anyone working for an outfit that out of shear idiotic (and accountancy) dogma compels employees to develop in this kind of way needs to find a new job with an employer who actually knows how to think.
This just comes across as a classic MS kludge -- ni a long tradition of kludges, which after all is the hallmark of 'Windows' itself.
No doubt this will gain limited traction amongst the dinosaurs, but so far as 'Linux' and 'FLOSS' are concerned it's irrelevant. Never underestimate the power of the fork (and the raised middle finger). When people doing stuff at the bleeding edge of anything need to get things done 'Windows' is never going to be the logical choice of those who seriously need to have absolute control of what is going on -- from the metal upwards.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
