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I would add, if .NET ever starts becoming a thing on Linux, I am sure Mocrosoft will start making new enhancements proprietary and force some kind of lockin, forcing people to use specific components.

A non-proprietary example of this is systemd and Wayland that Red Hat seems to be pushing. They are not really that bad on their own, but I expect many important downstream applications will eventually require systemd and Wayland. Locking out the BSDs.



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