Eric S Raymond Tsohon aboki ne a cikin duniyar hacking da tushen tushe. Kodayake yana son shiga cikin haɓaka kernel na Linux kuma an ƙi lambar sa, bai kamata a manta cewa shi ne mai kirkirar ayyuka kamar su Cathedral da Bazaar. Kuma a yau ba labarai ba ne ga ɗayan hakan, amma ga wasu maganganun da ya yi kwanan nan game da Windows 10 da Linux.
To, za ku sani WSL (Windows Subsystem na Linux), ma'ana, layin jituwa wanda Microsoft ya haɓaka don samun damar gudanar da kayan aikin Linux na asali a kan Windows 10 da Windows Server 2019. Aiki ne wanda ya danganci Windows Subsystem na Android wanda aka sani da Project Astoria na Windows Mobile. Wannan aikin ya samo asali kuma a halin yanzu yana goyan bayan aikace-aikacen hoto ...
To, Eric S. Raymond yana tunanin cewa za'a sami wasu nau'ikan "LSW" ko Linux Subsystem na Windows. Wancan shine, tsarin haɗin gwiwa wanda za'a gudanar da asalin software na Microsoft Windows akan kernel na Linux. Wani abu da an riga an yi niyya tare da Wine, amma an haɗa shi a kan kernel kanta azaman WSL.
Eric S. Raymond yana tunanin hakan ba zai yi tsayi ba hakan ta faru. A baya a cikin 2002 ya ce Windows ba za ta zama injiniyar riba mai amintacce ba ga Microsoft da zarar farashin ya faɗi ƙasa da $ 350 kuma yanzu yana ganin nasara ga Linux kamar yadda ya sanya a shafinsa:
«Masu haɓaka Microsoft yanzu suna girka fasali a cikin kernel na Linux don inganta WSL. Kuma wannan yana nuni zuwa ga kyakkyawar hanyar fasaha. Abinda ke cikin wasanni shine cewa sune mafi tsananin buƙatar gwajin damuwa mai yuwuwa don takaddun kwaikwayo na Windows, wanda yafi software ɗin kasuwanci yawa. Wataƙila mun riga mun isa wani wuri inda fasaha irin ta Proton ta isa sosai don tafiyar da software na kasuwancin Windows akan Linux. Idan kuwa ba haka ba, to da sannu zamu zo. Masu sayar da software na ɓangare na uku sun dakatar da jigilar Windows binaries don fifita binar ELF tare da tsarkakakken Linux API… kuma Linux a ƙarshe ya ci nasarar yaƙin tebur, ba ta hanyar raba Windows ba, amma ta hanyar ɗaukarsa. Wataƙila wannan koyaushe yadda ake nufin ya kasance.»
Ka sani cewa Eric S. Raymond wani lokacin yana da rikici sosai a cikin tunanin sa, don haka zaka iya zama wanda zaka yanke hukunci idan yana da gaskiya ko a'a, tunda wasu masana suna tunanin akasin haka, kuma wannan shine WSL zai iya ɗauka daga Linux ...
Ba tare da wata shakka ba, mabiyan Linux suna farin ciki game da wannan daidaituwa mai yiwuwa, tunda kayan aikin software wanda kawai ke aiki a cikin Windows kawai, na iya aiki a ƙaunataccenmu na Penguin, ba tare da tilasta mana samun tsarin da aka girka ba, kodayake kowane kifin da ke tare gudana yana da, ba ya faranta wa masoyan buɗe ido.