And now for something completely different....

[Richard Gaskin]

Earlier this week (most importantly read, "before April 1"), Canonical 
and Microsoft announced something rather mind-blowing:

Ubuntu's bash and supporting utilities will be available on Windows 10.

No, really:

Ubuntu’s bash and Linux command line coming to Windows 10
<http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2016/03/ubuntus-bash-and-linux-command-line-coming-to-windows-10/>

Here's how Windows 10's Ubuntu-based Bash shell will actually work
<http://www.pcworld.com/article/3050473/windows/heres-how-windows-10s-ubuntu-based-bash-shell-will-actually-work.html>

This is not a VM or container, nor has anything in Ubuntu been 
recompiled specifically for this deployment.  Apt-get is in place and 
works directly with the existing Ubuntu repos.  This is all done with a 
new component in Win10 that direct provides support for Linux system calls.

While this won't mean much for most of you, those who make enterprise 
solutions in mixed or Microsoft-exclusive environments will now have a 
MUCH broader range of tools to work with.

This can directly benefit LiveCode deployments in such environments by 
allowing us to use rsync and other shell calls regardless whether the 
system is running Linux or Win10. No more need to fork PowerShell and 
bash calls; now you'll have one-stop shopping for nearly every devops need.

Sure, it's a niche in our community.  But if you do enterprise work this 
is some very exciting news.

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  Richard Gaskin
  Fourth World Systems
  Software Design and Development for the Desktop, Mobile, and the Web
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