I've been a professional C, Perl, PHP and Python developer.
I'm an ex-sysadmin from the late 20th century.
These days I do more Javascript and CSS and whatnot, and promote UX and accessibility.
Microsoft with continue with the legacy of Embrace, Extend, Extinguish as they are currently doing with WSL.
Some Linux providers will join them.
The developer in the street will continue to use whatever they like.
In 500 years, neither OS will be around. How about in 50? 20? Probably not. We'll probably have a few different choices, though I expect there to be something around that is descended in some way from unix.
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No, I don't think so.
Microsoft with continue with the legacy of Embrace, Extend, Extinguish as they are currently doing with WSL.
Some Linux providers will join them.
The developer in the street will continue to use whatever they like.
In 500 years, neither OS will be around. How about in 50? 20? Probably not. We'll probably have a few different choices, though I expect there to be something around that is descended in some way from unix.