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ehhhh, I've never seen a hardcore Linux developer move to Windows. WSL exists to sunset Windows-based development, not the other way around. Windows Server get
by alrs 6y ago
ehhhh, I've never seen a hardcore Linux developer move to Windows. WSL exists to sunset Windows-based development, not the other way around.
Windows Server gets to exist so long as it acts as a funnel into Azure. Someday it will be sold off to Wipro, a la VMS or OS/2.
- indigodaddy 6y agoWindows Server won’t be getting “sold off.” I’m not sure you understand just how entrenched Windows Server is in the Enterprise and just about every Fortune 500 company out there, including huge telecoms and ISPs. MS still makes a ton of money off Server, and most of the companies/Enterprise using Server aren’t even thinking about Azure.
- alrs 6y agoThis is exactly the argument that was being made about Netware in 1994, or OS/2 in 1996, or Solaris in 2005. I'm well aware of how important Windows Server was in the enterprise, and I'm aware of how far it has fallen.