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I think the author refers at the fact you release just a bit of functionality for Linux but if you want the full stack you have to use Windows. Like you make .Net for Linux but only some parts, release other tools but not the admin part etc.

I would be convinced when MS and Wine project has an agreement so the Wine devs can access the Windows source code.

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> I would be convinced when MS and Wine project has an agreement so the Wine devs can access the Windows source code.

This is exactly what I'm saying is absurd. Microsoft isn't EEE-ing by not giving Wine devs access to Windows source. There is a difference between not helping and actively sabotaging. Conflating the two is an unfair attack.

The part about Wine is not related, it was about what would convince me that Microsoft "loves" Linux or at least is not intimidated by it. The WSL seems to me as the first part of the EEE and the competition would be fair if Linux could have it's own project Wine supported by Microsoft, as it is now it feels as an exploit, MS can do WSL but Linux and Mac have to struggle with Wine and the FUD around it.

> Linux and Mac have to struggle with Wine and the FUD around it.

What FUD? I don't think I've ever seen someone spread FUD about Wine. Are you referring to the website that lists how well games/apps work with it?

The accusation that Wine devs were looking at the Windows code and it is "illegal" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20341022

This post is about ReactOS, not Wine.

They are different attacks. They're not EEE-ing by not giving Wine devs access; they're maintaining the applications barrier to entry.

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