This seems like a strange strategic move for Microsoft. With WSL and Linux running on Azure, it seems like they're trying to promote Windows as the desktop operating system for software...
This seems like a strange strategic move for Microsoft. With WSL and Linux running on Azure, it seems like they're trying to promote Windows as the desktop operating system for software development. It doesn't make a ton of sense to me that they would provide desktop software for Linux.
Edge is Chromium now, Chromium has a Linux build, and someone wanted their own project, so why not? And Windows wants people to use Azure, they don't give a rats rear on the dev platform as long...
Edge is Chromium now, Chromium has a Linux build, and someone wanted their own project, so why not?
And Windows wants people to use Azure, they don't give a rats rear on the dev platform as long as it runs in their box.
I'm guessing they want to court developers in whatever way they can, and make money by convincing them to run their servers on Azure. If they can do that, it doesn't really matter what OS...
I'm guessing they want to court developers in whatever way they can, and make money by convincing them to run their servers on Azure. If they can do that, it doesn't really matter what OS developers use.
In particular, web developers who are running Linux can test their websites with Edge more easily if there is a version for Linux.
It costs them very little to port a Chromium-based browser to Linux. Just a few thousand users might be worth it for the exposure it gives Bing and other Microsoft web products. Plus being less...
It costs them very little to port a Chromium-based browser to Linux. Just a few thousand users might be worth it for the exposure it gives Bing and other Microsoft web products. Plus being less monopolistic helps with their image.
Maybe they'll put Edge inside a container inside WSL for improved security.
This seems like a strange strategic move for Microsoft. With WSL and Linux running on Azure, it seems like they're trying to promote Windows as the desktop operating system for software development. It doesn't make a ton of sense to me that they would provide desktop software for Linux.
Does anyone have other thoughts on this?
Edge is Chromium now, Chromium has a Linux build, and someone wanted their own project, so why not?
And Windows wants people to use Azure, they don't give a rats rear on the dev platform as long as it runs in their box.
I'm guessing they want to court developers in whatever way they can, and make money by convincing them to run their servers on Azure. If they can do that, it doesn't really matter what OS developers use.
In particular, web developers who are running Linux can test their websites with Edge more easily if there is a version for Linux.
It costs them very little to port a Chromium-based browser to Linux. Just a few thousand users might be worth it for the exposure it gives Bing and other Microsoft web products. Plus being less monopolistic helps with their image.
They want to keep Windows relevant as a programmer desktop. And, these days, especially with the rise of AI and ML, that means Linux.
Microsoft Edge works quite well on Linux. No, I haven't been drinking.
These are weird times. I downloaded a .deb installer for Microsoft Teams the other day for a work thing.