what do i want with windows? I want everything on windows to run on linux. then we'd finally have a fair comparison between the two :^3,(reply>), @Lucyinchat see? microsoft already supports linux in small ways, they just need to commit to get linux to be "binary compatible" or something :p<br>after that comparisons between the two shall finally be fair :^3,(reply>), @Fuseteam ꧂ you mean windows supported Wine/Proton, weird catch there is Linux's .NET support is straight from windows.,(reply>), @Lucyinchat i know of the legendary  catch 22 situation geesh<br>i'm not talking about getting users on linux or getting companies to port to linux;<br>i'm talking about <del>the way microsoft's going they might as well build on top of linux instead of patching the mess they build up after 20 years</del><br>getting <i>all</i> windows software to work on linux using some sort of sandboxed compatibility tool :p<br><br>confused? yeah me too, but it comes down to this:<br>people compare windows and linux based on windows software which isn't exactly fair to linux so i made joke about it<br><br>jokes aside there are two ways to break the chicken and egg software availability loop<br>one: get more users on software that's actually crossplatform and good making it less of an issue for those users<br><br>two: create an source available license that allows anyone to port the software and only port. no rights to redistribute or resell or reuse or anything like that that would otherwise hurt revenue.  and a provision that the porter gets rewarded if the said port is successfull,(reply>), Ok. Your argument is only reinforced by circular logic. The companies that aren't porting are worried because there wouldn't be a market for their product. Why? Because users want their product linux before they switch. Why aren't they there? Because the users aren't. Why aren't users there? Because the products aren't. So you kinda have to think about it. What's missing? Shit software that you have to pay more and more for?