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Microsoft still only has a few primary applications: SQL Server (already converted) MS Office suite (including Project and Visio) and Sharepoint Exchange (for
by da_chicken 6y ago
Microsoft still only has a few primary applications:
SQL Server (already converted)
MS Office suite (including Project and Visio) and Sharepoint
Exchange (for Outlook's best features)
ActiveDirectory (scalable auth + DNS + client management is still hard to beat, but MDMs are catching up)
Beyond that, all they really have is an open source platform (.Net), and a few open source projects (VS Code, PowerShell), and Visual Studio. Oh, and GitHub, I suppose.
Microsoft will not release their version of Linux for sale. They're going to try to make it a high-availability Azure-only service. They're still chasing Apple's and Google's services-only architecture and Amazon's cloud-dominance strategy. Windows will become their legacy server and user client product.