@StarkRG +9001%
I think the only "legitimate reason" of any #aas / #AsAService offering is when it's an optional upsell like some #hosting or #support contract that incurs real, obvious and tangible costs just to be able to facilitate them by virtue of requiring personnel and/or infrastructure.
@puppygirlhornypost @Elizafox Exactly!
They'd likely have to rewrite entire portions or the entire Kernel, Drivers and Userland and would likely brick so much in the process that they'd get compatibility worse than the latest #Wine snapshot.
Personally, I do believe that #Microsoft will instead of "#WSL" (which should actually be named #Linux subsystem for #Windows, not the other way around because it's wrong!) basically contribute #API & #ABI #documentation to Wine and start officially & commercially supporting that...
After all, more and more #Flagship products like #MSSQL #Server are available for #Linux & #Docker and already #Azure for the most paart runs Linux because even #MSFT couldn't make #WindowsServer / #HyperV scale-out for them...
It's only a matter of time till some Board members will be unbaply enough about #CCSS / #OneTimePurchase #Software #ROI and will axe that in favour of #Xbox / #XboxGamePass, #Office365 / #Microsoft365 / #Dynamics365 and #Outlook.com because that's where the real margins are - with the added bonus of killing the #UsedSoftware #License Market just like #Adobe did...
I'd not be surprised if instead if #Windows12 we get a modified #RHEL / #SLED / #Ubuntu / #Debian / #illumos clone with Wine on top or a #subscription-based Wine-alike #Runtime (similar to #OracleJRE)...
@Natanox @fuchsiii just like #Valve does on #Steam:
You don't own those games but merely get a perpetual license to access these games...
Only on actual licenses you have some sort of "ownership" as per #UseSoft - case where the original owner can't ban or restrict the resale of your license and adjacent media...
Which is why #Adobe canceled #OneTimePurchase licenses: Because they got forced by a court to allow #UsedSoftware #License brokers to sell used copies of #CS6...
@aurelia I think #AGPLv3 is mostly used as an #AssholeLicense like #SSPL:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Server_Side_Public_License
I do question whether those terms [of the SSPL] are legal but then again this is #NotLegalAdvice and we've yet to see a legal precedent and even that would likely depend on the juristiction.
It's likely that juristictions.like #Germany will ague similar to #UsedSoftware #LicenseSales that this is illegal overreach of the original copyright holders.
@haitchfive Not talking about #Photoshop, but #PremierePro and yes #PremiereElements already pissed me off enough to switch to #Resolve...
Also #Adobe - like #Autodesk - are systematically working on monopolizing their #Software nieches and solely discontinued #OneTimePurchase Software solely to middle-finger #UsedSoftware sales in juristictions like #Germany where it's explicitly allowed.
