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> 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
by 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.