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It's taken a ton of years, but here we are: "If Microsoft ever does applications for Linux it means I've won." -Linus Torvalds
by rocky1138 11y ago
It's taken a ton of years, but here we are:
"If Microsoft ever does applications for Linux it means I've won." -Linus Torvalds
- serge2k 11y agoEveryone already knew linux for servers is winning.
- SideburnsOfDoom 11y agoAnd since running those Linux servers in Azure results in revenue flowing to Microsoft by the hour, it seems that MS also winning here. The cloud market share of Azure vs. AWS is however a different dogfight.
- NeutronBoy 11y agoOutside of Silicon Valley, it's not so cut and dry.
- kristopolous 11y agoCould you take a more nuanced and defined stance? What sectors, markets, or users are you referring to?
- ktRolster 11y agoThe Seattle market tends to use Microsoft a lot.
- UK-AL 11y agoVirtually any major corporation will have major installations of AD, File Servers, Print Servers, etc using MS infrastructure.
- stunthamsterio 11y agoI'll chime in; for me this is a god send. I currently work with a client who specialises in working with automotive companies (Ford, Renault, Peugeot etc), and it turns out that automotive companies love MS SQL. The stack I'm working with is a Java/Linux stack with a Windows/MSSQL backend, simply because it didn't scare the customer as much as Linux/Java Linux/Postgres. It looks like as an industry they are starting to loosen up a little now, but those MS SQL databases are going to be around for a while, and it'll be nice if I can at least standardise onto a single set of skills and install patterns for the platform OS.
- buzzkills 11y agoMS has been making apps for android for sometime