Quite so!
Microsoft Loves Linux ... PING!
Thanks to Lurkina.n.Learnin for the ping!!
Posted on 11/16/2016 7:18:31 PM PST by george76
You read the title correctly. Microsoft just joined the Linux Foundation.
Believe it or not, Microsoft has joined The Linux Foundation as a Platinum member.
No, this isn't The Onion and it's not April Fool's Day. Microsoft has joined The Linux Foundation.
Microsoft announced that it was joining forces with The Linux Foundation at the Microsoft Connect developer event in New York.
Yes, yes I know. Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer once said, "Linux is a cancer". Yes, Microsoft still forces Android vendors to pay for its bogus Linux patents. And, yes, Microsoft and its cronies are still scheming to replace Munich's Linux desktops with Windows 10. So?
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So did someone put some LSD in current Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella's tea? No.
Microsoft has changed.
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Why has Microsoft done all this? Because, in two words: "Linux won".
It's only on the desktop that Microsoft is still omnipresent. Windows isn't even the most popular end-user operating system. That honor goes to Android.
Everywhere else -- clouds, supercomputers, and servers -- it's a Linux world. Microsoft could have tried to fight it and hemorrhage red-ink, or they could embrace it and profit. They chose to make money.
Don't believe me? Look at Azure. In Microsoft's last quarter, Azure revenue was up 116 percent, with compute usage doubling. What do people run on Azure? More and more they run Linux. One in three server instances on Azure are Linux. I'm counting the days until there's more Linux than Windows Server running on Azure. I won't have that many to count.
(Excerpt) Read more at zdnet.com ...
remember their earlier alliance with ibm on NT and then with sybase for sql server
in both cases they killed the host product.
I have moved to linux after win-xp
don't want to deal with crooked MS again.
They are using Linux in the cloud. Not on the client.
They have to - with major cloud platforms like AWS with a massive linux footprint.
Embrace. Extend. Extinguish.
The VERY first thing that came to my mind. GMTA. At least, Linux minds do. LOL
[[Microsoft’s Linux love affair leads it to join The Linux Foundation]]
That’s the beginning of the end for Linux.
They need to kick them out .
Isn’t Linux open source? That ought to provide some protection.
[[Isn’t Linux open source? That ought to provide some protection.]]
Yes it is, that’s why it’s a great operating system that is especially good for running servers.
Put the Microsoft people in anything and you are going to have nothing but trouble . They would love nothing more than to destroy Linux and eliminate the competition to force their crummy server software onto the market.
I think this is ping worthy.
Quite so!
Microsoft Loves Linux ... PING!
Thanks to Lurkina.n.Learnin for the ping!!
It makes me feel dirty.
You're not alone; many of us are intensely suspicious, and feel the need for a shower after reading stuff like this...
I got an email from MS about SWL server for Linux preview. Not sure if it’s worth the trouble to download.
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