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It's less about an explicit positive for MS than a necessary rearguard against a trend negative in the form of the encroachment of Linux. If they don't do (thin
by vegabook 10y ago
It's less about an explicit positive for MS than a necessary rearguard against a trend negative in the form of the encroachment of Linux. If they don't do (things like) this, they'll be shut out of the server-side ecosystem altogether. MS needs to hedge its bets and ensure that if Linux achieves total domination, they still have a very good technical offering on that platform that does not rely on their arch enemy. So put as much stuff onto Linux as possible, then sell services/support etc IBM-style. And of course they also hope to bring in dev resources for free!