At this rate, it really feels like the next version of Windows will be derived from some Unix os. Windows 8 and onwards has been an unmitigated IT disaster. Windows Server is meh. I once ran Ubuntu mate with a windows theme on a computer terminal in a computer lab, and everybody clamored to use it since it was faster, better at printing, and never bluescreened. (That particular model was forced into "obselecence" by windows 10).
Just throw a custom graphical shell over a hardened Unix os, then use Valve's proton project for application comparability. You could be so rich using other people's work Microsoft.
Just as another anecdote to yours, I regularly get months of uptime with my Windows 10 dev box. Its been nothing but rock solid for me (so was 7 and 8 before that).
I'm not sure if it is possible to get months of uptime on a Windows 10 box without having pro/enterprise and disabling auto-updates. I have done this on my W10 desktop workstation and agree - literally no downtime/crashes until I have to windows update.
OOTH, my W10 laptop (xps 13 9343) is forced by microsoft to update. This means that every week my lappy spends around 90 minutes downloading, installing, failing, and finally rolling back an update. If I can remember I just keep delaying it.
Yes, months of uptime === no updating. The 'months' part was just to show that Windows10 doesn't necessarily suck for every single person. I'm quite happy with it, but I'm happy with Ubuntu and W7 and OSX too. I haven't disabled W10 updates, but being the sysadmin at our company I have a special OU for machines that I manually update via WSUS.
Agreed, yet their goal is to build their own crappy version so that people think Linux sucks, when in reality it is still MS. I blame their culture though. No one who appreciates quality open source wants to work there.
Not really, Microsoft has a lot of enterprise customers and when their first user experience to Linux is WSL they are immediately turned off and unable to even take it seriously. I can at least take Android and ChromeOS serious enough to see it being viable for most desktop users and small businesses. Android, along with G Suite, is great for mobile enterprise management.
The scenario of someone not knowing Linux at all but then using WSL seems fairly unlikely compared to someone knowing Linux and using it to get a Linux environment on a Windows box.
Does it matter? Your premise is "they are shipping this bad thing on purpose" - what would be the point of making it better and spending more money on it if you were making it bad on purpose?
Apply Hanlon's Razor, and dont assume everyone has a grand plan.
Just throw a custom graphical shell over a hardened Unix os, then use Valve's proton project for application comparability. You could be so rich using other people's work Microsoft.