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I wish MS would just create a Linux or BSD distro like Amazon Linux, ClearLinux, Darwin etc. to replace Windows Server outright...

• mushufasa 7y ago
  check out their kernel for WSL: https://github.com/microsoft/WSL2-Linux-Kernel https://github.com/microsoft/WSL2-Linux-Kernel.
  • jtdev 7y ago
    Doesn’t WSL depend on a Windows host though? Can WSL be used as an independent OS?
    • a012 7y ago
      W is for Windows in WSL, so no.
      • tyingq 7y ago
        Based on reading this: https://github.com/microsoft/WSL2-Linux-Kernel/issues/1 https://github.com/microsoft/WSL2-Linux-Kernel/issues/1 I think the MS kernel would run fine without Windows.
      • lozenge 7y ago
        If I were implementing it, I would definitely want to be able to test it using qemu without Windows.
• TallGuyShort 7y ago
  They could probably partner with Red Hat. I would've laughed at the idea 10 years ago, but these days, I wouldn't be that surprised. When they've had OS-ish integrations needed for things like machine-based authentication, RHEL has been treated like a first class citizen. I'm not sure how much Amazon Linux really changes other than branding and some baked-in tuning - unless you're really going to commit to maintaining the OS, just providing a minimal RHEL-based image makes a lot of sense.
  • closeparen 7y ago
    Why would IBM undermine its own cloud like that though?
    • StreamBright 7y ago
      IBM is not a serious player in the cloud segment.
      • rurban 7y ago
        Did you forget that IBM bought Red Hat? It's one of the strongest cloud players now.
        • StreamBright 7y ago
          I did not however, RedHat is not even remotely close to be one of a strongest players. IBM is hoovering around 10%ish, RedHat has no cloud offering that could be taken seriously. Most of the cloud vendors are competing in the public cloud segment (even though with VPC this is arguably more complex question) while RedHat focuses on private cloud, offering mostly OpenStack.
    • TallGuyShort 7y ago
      They have many, many partnerships that undermine their own offerings. Their strategy is less about being the best at something but being your one-stop-shop to get something that works for everything.
  • chd_ 7y ago
    Azure and RH are partners already, at least regarding OpenShift. With RHs push of RHEL Atomic and the purchase of CoreOS you also get minimal images of linux there. Another noteworthy thing are the Universal Base Images (UBI) by RedHat.
• jussij 7y ago
  > to replace Windows Server outright Why would they be replacing a product that earns them money?
  • zrm 7y ago
    > Why would they be replacing a product that earns them money? Because they can make just as much money licensing versions of SQL Server et al for Linux or selling Linux cloud instances, not have to spend any more money developing a separate server OS, and make their customers happy because they can have Active Directory without Windows Update.
    • tonyedgecombe 7y ago
      they can make just as much money I'm doubtful about that.
    • vitorgrs 7y ago
      Windows Server is based on Windows Desktop, even the teams they kinda unified a while ago. Is not like they spend that many money directly on Windows Server.
• cm2187 7y ago
  What would be the point of a new linux distribution called windows server if none of your windows admin tools, scripts or binaries can run on it?