Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:
Microsoft has announced that Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) is coming to Windows Server.
Microsoft's adding it to Windows Server for the same reasons it added it to Windows: it wants developers to have whatever tools they prefer at their disposal.
Sysadmins are also on Redmond's mind, it says. "If you're a server engineer that needs to run node.js, Ruby, Python, Perl, Bash scripts or other tools that expect Linux behaviors, environment or filesystem-layout, the ability to install and run Linux with WSL expands the tools at your disposal on Windows Server."
Redmond snuck WSL into Windows Server Insider Build 16237 without including it in the announcement. It's now issued instructions on how to install it.
(Score: 1) by Ethanol-fueled on Friday August 11 2017, @12:18AM
Anybody who is required to use Visual Studio for C++ work knows exactly what you are talking about.
So before it wasn't at all possible to run any of those on Windows? That's news to me. B-b-but they were missing out on such a huge market and userbase!