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> As I keep saying, I'll believe Microsoft "loves" Linux they day they create Office and an AD client for it. Microsoft is a company, suggesting a company "Lov
by ogre_codes 6y ago
> As I keep saying, I'll believe Microsoft "loves" Linux they day they create Office and an AD client for it.
Microsoft is a company, suggesting a company "Loves" anything is a misnomer. I say this because I sort of disagree here, but only kind-of.
Microsoft embraces ("Loves") the parts of Linux which are compatible with Microsoft's strategy. Linux on Azure is getting quite huge, it's the difference between Azure existing as a profitable business for Microsoft and Azure being a cost center. Microsoft does a fair amount to embrace Linux on the server, they support Docker, they do a lot of work with Node, and have a fair number of people onboard doing Linux specific stuff.
Linux AD & Office are only really important to desktop deployments and Microsoft has zero strategic interest in the Linux Desktop. If Microsoft were to port Office & AD to Linux Desktop, it would be an act of charity. If Microsoft is doing charity work, there are a lot of projects I'd like to see them invest in before AD and Office on Linux.
- deeter72 6y agoI believe porting MS Office to Linux would be a death sentence as all companies would install Ubuntu and Office and call it a day.
- pbar 6y agoAnd interrupt their mostly nontechnical employees’ productivity to learn a new OS, for a negligible cost savings? Good luck getting that past a board of directors.
- kchr 6y agoAnd lose all endpoint control at a whim? Not gonna happen.
- ogre_codes 6y ago> a death sentence For Microsoft? Windows has been on decline in importance at Microsoft for some time. For Windows? Nah, too many Fortune 500 businesses rely on software running on Windows for day to day operations. While it's hard to see from the consumer/ web/ developer side of the world, Win32 still dominates. Lots of vertical industry specific software which won't be replaced for quite some time.