@mos_8502 Fun fact side - Windows NT shipped with a POSIX subsystem.

Scott Williams 🐧

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_POSIX_subsystem

Steve Lord

@vwbusguy @mos_8502 was that something you actually used? If so, what did you use it for and how?

Scott Williams 🐧

@stevelord @mos_8502 I never directly used it. When I did *nix type stuff in that era* from windows, it was through Citrix or cygwin.

To be clear, Microsoft didn't really market it and it was primarily a niche sales pitch checkbox item for edge cases. They quietly dropped it by the time XP landed. WSL2 is far more advanced and useful than the old POSIX subsystem was.

*I also used some special purpose qnx, minix, and Solaris machines in my dayjob.