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I'm not enthusiastic about this possible future, but here's why: it means they could eventually just adopt Linux as the platform for Microsoft applications. Th
by _emacsomancer_ 8y ago
I'm not enthusiastic about this possible future, but here's why:
it means they could eventually just adopt Linux as the platform for Microsoft applications. That would do away with a lot of historical reliability issues, and would mean that they would have less to support internally. They're making more and more money on things like Azure and Office365 etc, and none of that really depends on Windows.
- suby 8y ago> They're making more and more money on things like Azure and Office365 etc, and none of that really depends on Windows. I just did some googling, and it looks like Azure actually runs on Windows. It started out as a fork and then eventually merged back with server 2016. The source for this is unfortunately a video, but here it is. https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/resources/videos/mark-russinovich-windows-on-azure/ https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/resources/videos/mark-russ...
- _emacsomancer_ 8y agoAzure can run on Windows, sure. But the majority of instances are running on Linux: https://www.zdnet.com/article/linux-now-dominates-azure/ https://www.zdnet.com/article/linux-now-dominates-azure/
- suby 8y agoPoor wording on my part. I wasn't referring to the OS's running on top of the VM, but rather the infrastructure that's running the VM's. https://www.quora.com/What-technology-is-Azure-running-on-Is-it-on-Hyper-V-or-some-other-kind-of-virtualization-technology https://www.quora.com/What-technology-is-Azure-running-on-Is...
- _emacsomancer_ 8y agoRight, but that doesn't necessarily require all of the desktop parts of Windows. I see your point though.